New lease of life for US legacy nuclear sites

February 6, 2026

The US Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced it is restarting uranium recovery operations at the Savannah River Site H Canyon facility in South Carolina and is partnering with nuclear fuel company General Matter for the potential use of the Fuels and Materials Examination Facility at the Hanford site in Washington State.

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