Actonide

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Last discussed Aug 31, 2026

A commercial startup that has demonstrated the ability to enrich natural uranium into high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) up to 15.38% purity, significantly higher than conventional reactor fuel enrichment levels.

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Used for: Producing high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel for advanced fission plants and small modular reactors (SMRs) Praised: Achieves 5x higher enrichment purity than traditional government labs; commer... vs: Compared to conventional uranium enrichment at 3-5% purity; potentially super...

"A commercial startup called Actonide said it has demonstrated the ability to enrich natural uranium into high-assay low-enriched uranium or HALEU up to a purity of 15.38%, five times the traditional purity previously achieved by all the government..."

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Used for: Producing HALEU fuel for next-generation nuclear reactors; isotope separation for medical industry Praised: First startup to enrich uranium; uses Calutron technology with superconductin... vs: Current HALEU supply comes from decommissioned nuclear submarines or Russia; ...

"We were indeed the first startup in history to enrich uranium and produce HALEU. We actually are kind of agnostic with the materials that we make. Generally, we refine atoms and some of the first refined atoms that we made were for the medical ind..."

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