U.K. Atomic Energy Authority Confirms Lithium Enrichment Challenge

Dec. 29, 2023 By Steven B. Krivit On Dec. 14, 2023, the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) announced initiatives to research methods for enriching lithium in the lithium-6 isotope. Lithium enrichment at scale would be required to breed the tritium fuel that will be needed for commercial deuterium-tritium fusion reactors. The UKAEA has funded [...]