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ASP Isotopes Inc. Enters Into Memorandum of Understanding With a Small Modular Reactor Company To Supply High Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU)
ASP Isotopes Inc. Enters Into Discussions With Four Further Additional Customers To Supply HALEU and Creates New Subsidiary Focused on Enriching Uranium for
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[{"type":"text","content":"ASP Isotopes Inc. Enters Into Discussions With Four Further Additional Customers To Supply HALEU and Creates New Subsidiary Focused on Enriching Uranium for the Production of Advanced Nuclear Fuels\n-Both the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and the other additional customer discussions are focused on formalizing collaboration to develop a HALEU production facility. These discussions include providing financial support for the development of a production facility and the future supply of metric tons of HALEU. -ASPI has created a new subsidiary, Quantum Leap Energy LLC (QLE), to focus on the development of Quantum Enrichment Process technology, with a goal to supply commercial quantities of HALEU for Small Modular Reactors by 2027 and Lithium-6 for Nuclear Fusion. -Based on these discussions with potential customers, ~$30 billion of HALEU demand is already anticipated. -Quantum Leap Energy LLC operations are expected to be primarily funded by customers through investments and prepayments—ASPI is to consider plans for a future spin-off of the Quantum Leap Energy business to ASPI shareholders. WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ASP Isotopes Inc. NASDAQ: ASPI (“ASPI,” or the “Company”), an advanced materials company dedicated to the development of technology and processes designed to produce isotopes used in multiple industries, today announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a major SMR (small modular reactor) company and is also engaged in discussions with at least four other potential customers regarding the development of a High Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU) production facility with financial support from these future potential customers. The Company is in discussions with potential customers who anticipate requiring over $30 billion(1) of HALEU at recent market prices. HALEU will be required to enable many nuclear reactors, such as SMRs (small modular reactors), to operate in the future. Currently, there are no Western producers of HALEU in commercial quantities, and many SMR companies worldwide face substantial delays until this fuel supply issue is resolved. The Nuclear Energy Institute estimates that there may be a HALEU supply demand of approximately 3,000 metric tons by 2035(2). However, based on discussions with and the interest received from potential customers, the Com...