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HEU

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HEUHighly Enriched Uranium
HEUHospital Employees Union
HEUHealth Economics Unit (various locations)
HEUHarbin Engineering University (China)
HEUHome Education Unit (Department of Education, Training and the Arts; Australia)
HEUHigher Echelon Unit


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Because HEU can also be used in nuclear weapons, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) established the Global Research Reactor Security (GRRS) program to make security upgrades at foreign research reactors whose security did not meet guidelines established by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Iran has sufficient information to be able to design and produce a workable implosion nuclear device (an atomic bomb) based on HEU (highly enriched uranium) as the fission fuel," The agency assessed.
Any indication of a nuclear programme on the part of North Korea, whether it is HEU or anything else, is a subject of concern, and one which would have to be addressed if we are going to deal comprehensively with the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula," Bosworth said.
 
 
 
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