Actinide is first startup to produce high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU)
Startup Actinide has become the first company to produce high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) using proprietary calutron technology. This development offers a potential domestic alternative to traditional centrifuge enrichment for advanced nuclear reactors.
Why it matters
HALEU is a critical fuel for next-generation nuclear reactors, and domestic production is currently a significant bottleneck for the energy industry.
CTO Robert Mendelsohn (left) and CEO Eric Olszewski (right) stand before Fortitude, Actinide's second-generation calutron, estimated to deliver roughly half the throughput of the entire U.S. federal calutron fleet in a single machine.
Dallas, TX, August 26 — Actinide , an advanced materials company that designs, builds, and operates its own isotope separation machines, has become the first startup in history to produce high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU). The enrichment was performed on the company's first-generation calutron, which, weeks earlier, was producing Actinide’s flagship commercial product: enriched ytterbium-176, delivered to Oklo Isotopes.
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