U.S.-Russia 20-Year Nuclear Non-Proliferation Program Comes to a Close

DOE has announced the end of a 1993 U.S.-Russia nuclear nonproliferation program, which converted 500 metric tons of Russian HEU into LEU for U.S. nuclear power plants.    On November 14, 2013, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced the culmination of a 1993 nuclear nonproliferation program to convert Russian weapons-origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) into…