ERWIN – A nuclear fuel plant in northeast Tennessee has restarted some of its operations after being shut down because of safety concerns.
Nuclear Fuel Services Inc. of Erwin said in a news release it has done a “measured restart” of its Blended Low-Enriched Uranium Preparation Facility.
It and other plant production lines had been shut down since last December following damage to pipes from high levels of heated nitrous oxide fumes.
The plant processes various forms of high-enriched uranium into low-enriched forms suitable for use in commercial facilities, such as power plants.
Earlier this year, federal regulators authorized NFS to restart a processing line that produces fuel for U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines.