What is High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU)?

Our existing fleet of reactors runs on uranium fuel that is enriched up to 5% with uranium-235-the main fissile isotope that produces energy during a chain reaction.
By definition, high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) is enriched between 5% and 20% and is required for most U.S. advanced
reactors to achieve smaller designs that get more power per unit of volume.
HALEU will also allow developers to optimize their systems for longer life cores, increased efficiencies and better
fuel utilization.
There’s a pressing need for HALEU now which could force some companies to reevaluate their plans if they can’t access this fuel. The industry anticipates it may need nearly 600 metric tonnes of HALEU by 2030 in order to deploy new reactors to the market.
To help mitigate that risk, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is exploring three options to support the testing and demonstration of these advanced reactors with HALEU fuel.
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[@joescopo8933]

Ultra safe and efficient LFTR molten salt reactors should've been up and running 30 years ago. The US is dumb for not letting this happen.

[@bhavpatel619]

I want this song for a yoga pose...... Go HALEU 😍

[@k.manjericao1583]

LEU = >5%, not >20%. Ty anyway, DOE, for this video.

[@RadiologicalTroll]

The video says LEU is 20%