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Date of Event:<\/strong> 01\/07\/2026<\/p>

Location:\u00a0<\/strong>1621 Old Greensboro Road Kernersville, NC 27284<\/p>

Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 20<\/p>

Event Summary:\u00a0<\/strong>Orano manufactures shock-absorbing containers for transporting new nuclear fuel and casks for dry storage of used nuclear fuel. The tour covered rolling, submerged arc welding and helium leak testing of six foot diameter flat bottomed stainless steel cylinders and insertion of the box grid that separates the fuel rods from each other. IWe also saw fabrication of smaller shock-absorbing containers for transporting cylinders containing gaseous uranium hexafluoride that is used for making new fuel.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Date of Event: 01\/07\/2026 Location:\u00a01621 Old Greensboro Road Kernersville, NC 27284 Number of Attendees: 20 Event Summary:\u00a0Orano manufactures shock-absorbing containers for transporting new nuclear fuel and casks for dry storage of used nuclear fuel. The tour covered rolling, submerged arc welding and helium leak testing of six foot diameter flat bottomed stainless steel cylinders and…<\/p>\n

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