Before it can be used in a reactor for electricity generation, however, it must undergo a series of processes to produce a useable fuel. For most of the world's reactors, the next step in making the fuel is to convert the uranium oxide into a gas, uranium hexafluoride (UF6), which enables it to be enriched.
Clarington, Pennsylvania. Clarington is an unincorporated community in the township of Barnett, in Forest County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located on the north bank of the Clarion River at the Pennsylvania Route 899 bridge, 12 miles (19 km) north of Brookville. Clarington had a post office until it closed on February 20, 2004; it still has its own ZIP code, 15828.
Clarion is a borough in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, about 100 miles (161 km) north-northeast of Pittsburgh and part of the Pittsburgh DMA. Clarion was settled in 1839 and incorporated in 1841. In the past, the surrounding area produced natural gas, oil, lumber and coal. Merely 2,004 people lived there in 1900, and only 2,864 lived there in 1910.