Posted on 09/28/2015 10:11:22 PM PDT by george76
The Obama administration plans to close the last remaining American-owned uranium enrichment facility in the United States, even as it moves forward on a controversial nuclear deal with Iran that permits the Islamic Republic to conduct ongoing and significant uranium enrichment.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has informed Centrus Energy it will end the American Centrifuge project in Piketon, Ohio, on Sept. 30. Notices have been issued to some 235 workers that their jobs are in jeopardy.
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This is beyond belief," Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, responded in a statement. "While this administration is greenlighting uranium enrichment in Iran and legitimizing 6,000 Iranian centrifuges, they're shutting down domestic production here in America."
Wenstrup called the closure decision "a dangerous threat to our national security."
In its announcement that it will shutter American Centrifuge, the DOE announced the enrichment technologies developed at Piketon may be transferred to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
As recently as 20 years ago, the United States produced nearly 50 percent of the global supply of enriched uranium. Today, however, U.S. production accounts for only about 10 percent of the global supply, with Russia, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Holland producing the bulk of the world's enriched uranium.
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cuts in U.S. enrichment capability are "potentially causing" U.S. nuclear plants to become dependent on foreign fuel sources. U.S. enriched uranium also plays an important role in powering U.S. Navy submarines and aircraft carriers.
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they desperate need u-238 for space travel missions like the Mars Curiosity rover ... we barely have any u-238 left ...
“.......enriched uranium also plays an important role in powering U.S. Navy submarines and aircraft carriers.”......
Therein lies the truth. Odumbo hates our military and its once great strength that has kept this nation safe. Shutting down the fuel to operate our ships and domestic power plants will make us HIGHLY vulnerable to those who would do us harm. I expect the next thing odumbo will do is to cut down the food rations our military operates on and likely adopt the moooooooooooooch’s school lunch program for the military. The bastard is truly INSANE! Words cannot describe the hate I have for that POS.
Maybe Putin will sell us some of his
I guess we can buy our enriched uranium from North Korea and Iran..
Yes, Wenstrup is my rep. He would jump off a bridge if Boehner told him too. I’ve told him several times in the past I want that POS Boehner gone.
No he’s out is less than a year and a half.
The election is now, just over one year away.
I don’t see a problem here....we can just buy uranium from the Iranians....
/ sarcasm
What do you uranium for, if, you have no nukes?
What else about the Iranain deal don’t we know about?
> No he’s out is less than a year and a half.
It’s gonna feel like at _least_ two years ;-)
It started with Republicans not fighting voter fraud. Then fraud became stuffing ballot boxes with foreign votes. Now the country has been overthrown by it’s enemies from the inside.
a) Weakens America/AmericansThere are NO counter examples.
b) Distances America's allies
c) Strengthens America's enemies
d) Attacks Christianity
e) Serves Islam
f) Harms Israel
Or some combination of the above.
What else about the Iranain deal don’t we know about?
At no point in history has any government ever wanted its people to be defenseless for any good reason ~ nully's son
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Obama beheading 
If we develop our uranium, we might be better able to counteract the bombs he’s giving Iran. That must not be allowed.
Awesome!!
g) Should be taken as a warning of what happens when evil is embraced. It hijacks you (rhetorical you).
central_va nailed it, didn’t he?
I can only pray that Donald Trump gets in and reverses this and countless other traitorous actions by the Obama administration. It is not that hard to reverse them but the right man has to get in the White House.
Yes. It is a keeper for sure.
0bama is trying his best to disarm the U.S. Normally, that would be called "treason."
5.56mm
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