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SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) — Malik Grant rushed for 204 yards and three touchdowns and Rhode Island beat Bryant 35-21 on Saturday to capture its first league title in 39 years. Rhode Island (10-2, 7-1 Coastal Athletic Association) secured the program's seventh title, with each of the previous six coming in the Yankee Conference. The Rams tied a program record for total wins in a season with 10, first set in 1984 and matched in 1985. Hunter Helms threw for 209 yards with one touchdown and one interception for Rhode Island. Grant also added his first touchdown reception of the season. Grant rushed for 47 yards on the first snap of the second half. He ran for 56 yards on the drive that ended with his 4-yard touchdown catch for a 20-14 lead. An interception by Braden Price on the ensuing Bryant possession set up another Grant rushing touchdown. Bryant scored in the fourth quarter to make it a one-score game, but a 15-play, 72-yard drive ended with a 3-yard touchdown run by Grant. Grant's 13 rushing touchdowns are tied for Rhode Island's single-season record set last season by Ja’Den McKenzie. Brennan Myer threw for 189 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions for Bryant (2-10, 0-8). Dylan Kedzior rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown, and Landon Ruggieri caught eight passes for 105 yards and a score. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-footballSMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) — Malik Grant rushed for 204 yards and three touchdowns and Rhode Island beat Bryant 35-21 on Saturday to capture its first league title in 39 years. Rhode Island (10-2, 7-1 Coastal Athletic Association) secured the program's seventh title, with each of the previous six coming in the Yankee Conference. The Rams tied a program record for total wins in a season with 10, first set in 1984 and matched in 1985. Hunter Helms threw for 209 yards with one touchdown and one interception for Rhode Island. Grant also added his first touchdown reception of the season. Grant rushed for 47 yards on the first snap of the second half. He ran for 56 yards on the drive that ended with his 4-yard touchdown catch for a 20-14 lead. An interception by Braden Price on the ensuing Bryant possession set up another Grant rushing touchdown. Bryant scored in the fourth quarter to make it a one-score game, but a 15-play, 72-yard drive ended with a 3-yard touchdown run by Grant. Grant's 13 rushing touchdowns are tied for Rhode Island's single-season record set last season by Ja’Den McKenzie. Brennan Myer threw for 189 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions for Bryant (2-10, 0-8). Dylan Kedzior rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown, and Landon Ruggieri caught eight passes for 105 yards and a score. Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football

How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 12/6/2024November 23, 2024 (SINJAH) – The Sudanese army announced on Saturday it had retaken the strategic city of Sinjah, the capital of Sennar state, from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after fierce fighting. Thousands of residents celebrated the liberation of Sinjah, which had been under RSF control since June. Similar celebrations erupted in Al Hawata, a city in Gedaref state where many had sought refuge from the fighting. The army released a video on social media showing its troops inside the headquarters of the 17th Infantry Division in Sinjah. “The armed forces and other regular forces are inside the 17th Infantry Division headquarters in Sinjah,” the army said in a statement. “We are on the path to completely cleansing the homeland of the terrorist RSF militia.” Military sources told Sudan Tribune that the army had secured all entry and exit points to Sinjah after intense battles involving drones and artillery strikes. Following the capture of Sinjah, the army advanced towards areas east of the city, including Al Dali, Al Mazmoum, and Abu Hajar. The army’s recapture of Sinjah comes after a concerted effort to mobilize forces from Al Dinder, Al Suki, Sennar, and Blue Nile. Troops slowly advanced towards the city, retaking towns and villages along the way. The army congratulated the Sudanese people on the liberation of Sinjah and the 17th Infantry Division. “We dedicate this victory to our people who have suffered killing, displacement, oppression, looting, and all kinds of atrocities from the militia of the Hemeti family,” the army said, referring to RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, also known as Hemetti. Government spokesman and Information Minister Khalid Al-Awais said in a statement that the recapture of Sinjah reflects the resilience of the Sudanese people and their armed forces. “This steadfastness confirms that the people and their forces are on a date with achieving more victories that will restore security and stability to the country,” he said. Al-Awais added that a “moment of justice and accountability is coming” for those who committed crimes during the conflict. The army’s capture of Sinjah follows its successful operation in October to cut off RSF supply lines by taking control of the Moya Mountains, where the RSF had established a key base.A few minutes after delivering his camp-opening address to the full roster this past spring training, manager Oliver Marmol stood outside that same clubhouse and explained how the theme might differ from year to year, but the Cardinals’ expectations, like the number of birds perched on the bat, do not. “That never changes,” he said. “That’s my point in all of it. You show up every year with the same expectations. They don’t change, year to year. We’re looking to win a World Series. And we’re going to prepare and put ourselves in the best position to do that. Take our shot.” This year already has seen a shift in that messaging. It might be another year or more before they’re in that “best position” to take a shot. The formal end Saturday of the Cardinals’ Goldschmidt-Arenado Era was only the most recent of the club’s repositioning of expectations and priorities for 2025. Goldschmidt agreed to a one-year deal with the New York Yankees, according to sources, and the Yankees are one of a select few teams the Cardinals approached about a trade for Nolan Arenado. The Cardinals seek to reduce payroll as broadcast fees shrink and ticket sales are sluggish, and part of that goal is to find a contending team for their third baseman. Chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. summarized the adjusted approach in six words: “We’re going young. That’s the message.” How to measure those results is the question. For more than two decades the bottom line by which to judge the Cardinals — Marmol even used those words “bottom line” — was wins, and not just in the standings. Playoff wins. Pennants won. The success of a season could be measured by the calendar and how deep the Cardinals played into October. They could be compared against their history with every move or game scrutinized by fans and media through the lens of whether it got them closer to a World Series. It has been 11 years since their most recent pennant, and now they are striding back from that stance, in comments and actions. So what metric shows if they’re making progress? Thus far, the Cardinals can be measured by how much salary they’ve shed or at-bats they’ve opened for younger players. Should improvement be measured in the square feet of new facilities, the cost of new technology, or the number of new staff members — all of which are going increase? Can it be measured by the growth in performance of young talents or the rankings of on-rushing prospects and the arrival of another top-seven draft pick? The Post-Dispatch asked Marmol how 2025 should be graded if it’s not playoff/fail. “I will say the mindset is still winning baseball,” Marmol said. “Like you talk to any of our players — have a conversation with (Brendan) Donovan and (Masyn) Winn — and those guys, they’re hungry to win. What I’m excited about is that there’s going to be runway for some of these guys. I think some of the pressure is going to be lifted off their shoulders in understanding, man, whether this week goes well for you or doesn’t, you’re going to be in there. And knowing that they have a longer runway than they’re used to having. I think that may lead to more production, to be quite honest with you.” That sounds like the measure of taking two steps back from the usual expectations to go three steps forward in an attempt to gain lost ground on rivals. The same question on how to view and review the upcoming season was asked of John Mozeliak, president of baseball operations, in the team suite during Major League Baseball’s winter meetings. “This is going to be a big test,” he said. “It is about getting young guys an opportunity and we’ll see what they do with it.” A new look Opportunity can be measured in innings pitched, starts, and at-bats. This winter, the Cardinals relocated Willson Contreras to first base and designated hitter to free up playing time for young catchers Ivan Herrera and Pedro Pages. There’s still time at first or DH for Alec Burleson and playing him in those spots clears the corner outfield positions for Lars Nootbaar in left and Jordan Walker in right. Michael Siani is going to get a long look at center. If the Cardinals find a trade Arenado will approve, they’ll position Nolan Gorman at third, turn to Brendan Donovan at second, and get rookie Thomas Saggese ample playing time in utility role. It’s an attempt by the Cardinals to do for their young players now what they were too impatient to do previously because of slow starts or poor performances — and opportunity gap proved costly as players, such as Randy Arozarena and Lane Thomas, thrived elsewhere. But it’s also an approach best measured in hindsight, looking back on the opportunities that helped a young player surge forward. “Yeah, if I were to sit here and ask you, ‘What is Herrera?,’ I think we would all have varying responses,” Marmol said. “That’s the whole point of it. At the end of this year, we’ll know what we have in Herrera, in — gosh — Walker, in Nootbaar. You go down the list. Just get them at-bats. Let them pitch. Let them play. And there’s more clarity as to what we have on our hands rather than guessing. So that’s a big part of how we’ll measure this as well.” Other measures will happen beyond the big leagues, below in the minors, where spending, rankings, and comparisons will be the metrics. JJ Wetherholt, the seventh overall pick last summer, already is the Cardinals’ top prospect and could headline a group of three or four who crack Baseball America’s Top 100 prospects. The rise of a fifth, such as shortstop Yairo Padilla, slugger Chase Davis or pitchers Tekoah Roby and Cooper Hjerpe, would be a measure of a farm system on the rise and no longer idling. Cardinals ownership has “given us the green light to make real investments across the department,” special advisor Chaim Bloom said in November. One executive estimated an increase of 8% to 12% in spending on player development — some of that money coming off the major-league payroll and into the minor-league infrastructure. The Cardinals have hired an assistant general manager, Rob Cerfolio, to oversee and unify development and performance departments. Involving the major-league staff in the interviewing and vetting of candidates, the Cardinals also are expanding the pitching development staff and adding or refilling coordinator roles for specific positions. There are areas in which they’ll still have a smaller staff than competitors. The Cardinals are updating and expanding the facilities at their academy in the Dominican Republic. They already added advanced technology in the majors and spring training (such as two cutting-edge Trajekt pitching robots), and are increasing the tech for pitcher development. They’re discussing where to place a lab-like setup for this spring before the Cardinals’ complete, $100-million overhaul of their Jupiter, Florida, campus begins. They don’t track infrastructure stats, but teams are keeping score. “Saying how can we do this best? How can we win at this? How can we be better than our competition?” listed Bloom, who is charged with building out the development for the team he’ll inherit as president of baseball operations next fall. “And if you really want to do that, you have to do that in every area.” The goal: October That is all to get them back to one area that used to be their metric. October. The real measure of this coming season might not be in wins, but it will be in days — as in how many it takes before the autumn expectations that defined the past two decades are repeated each spring. “For me, it’s still winning baseball, (and) we’re going to continue to instill that,” Marmol said. “That’s what we’ve always done. We’ve got expectations. That part doesn’t change, for me. I can tell you in speaking to our guys, it doesn’t change for them, They’re not going into this year just looking at development. “Sure, our approach will signal toward that more than anything as far as when we talk about runway and letting guys play. But the mentality remains the same.”

A look at some of the best semifinals this weekend. Class 8A: No. 2 Loyola at No. 1 Lincoln-Way East, 6 p.m. Saturday This game — a rematch of the last two Class 8A finals, both won by Loyola — is the one everyone has been waiting for since the brackets were announced. Loyola (10-2) wobbled a bit early with losses to East St. Louis and St. Francis in the first three weeks, but has won nine in a row mostly in dominant fashion. Two Iowa commits — quarterback Ryan Fitzgerald and running back Drew MacPherson — keep the Ramblers offense rolling, and Washington-bound Donovan Robinson leads a defense that has limited seven of its last opponents under 20 points. Lincoln-Way East (12-0) has a four-star quarterback in Jonas Williams, an Oregon commit and the state’s top-ranked junior. Running backs Zion Gist and Brody Gish are other proven offensive options for Lincoln-Way East (12-0) and Northwestern-bound edge rusher Caden O’Rourke leads an elite defense. Class 8A: No. 14 York at No. 4 Naperville Central, 6 p.m. Saturday Overshadowed by West Suburban Silver rivals Lyons and Downers Grove North in the regular season, York (10-2) is back in the semifinals for the third straight year thanks to one of the state’s best ground games. The Dukes have rushed 86 times for 747 yards (an 8.7 average) over the past two weeks with quarterback Bruno Massel (348 yards, seven touchdowns) leading the way. Backs Jimmy Conners and Henry Duda also are capable of 100-yard games. Naperville Central (11-1), the only team to hold a lead on Lincoln-Way East this season, has a well-balanced offense led by quarterback Sebastian Hayes, Indiana State-bound receiver DeShaun Williams and running back Aiden Clark. Class 7A: No. 3 Mount Carmel at No. 7 St. Rita, 3 p.m. Saturday It’s the 105th meeting in this South Side rivalry, which Mount Carmel (9-3) has dominated lately. The Caravan won 28-0 in Week 2, their sixth straight win in a series they lead 68-33 with three ties. Few players can impact a game like quarterback Jack Elliott, a Vanderbilt commit whose dual-threat capability makes the Caravan offense go. His targets include Cooper Lehman, who had a program-record 255 receiving yards against Nazareth, and freshman Marshaun Thornton. St. Rita (10-2) has playmakers of its own in running back Nick Herman, quarterback Steven Armbruster and two-way standout Justin Buckner. Class 6A: No. 5 Cary-Grove at No. 9 Geneva, 1 p.m. Saturday Cary-Grove (12-0) is looking for its fourth trip to the state finals — and fourth Class 6A title — since 2018. The Trojans lost star fullback Logan Abrams to a season-ending injury. But quarterback Peyton Seaburg and running back Holden Boone have kept a potent ground game chugging along for an offense that averages 43.5 points a game. Geneva (11-1) is in the semifinals for the first time since 2008 behind an explosive offense led by quarterback Tony Chahino (2,896 yards, 44 touchdowns), Georgia-bound receiver Talyn Taylor (65 catches, 1,302 yards, 22 TDs), receiver Finn Weppner (36 catches, 824 yards, 13 TDs) and running back Michael Rumoro (936 yards, 11 TDs). Class 5A: No. 8 St. Francis at No. 6 Nazareth, 1 p.m. Saturday This is the fourth meeting in 13 months for the west suburban rivals. St. Francis (10-2) won both regular-season games, but Nazareth (10-2) prevailed 38-31 in last year’s semifinals en route to its second straight Class 5A title and fourth state championship since 2018. Quarterback Brady Palmer and receiver Ian Willis are an effective pass-and-catch duo for St. Francis. Four-year starting quarterback Logan Malachuk, receiver Jake Cestone and running back Lesroy Tittle are some playmakers for Nazareth’s offense, while edge rusher Gabe Kaminski (Stanford) and defensive back Garrett Reese (Indiana) lead the defense.

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KMC Solutions hosted its first-ever KMC Hackathon 2024, bringing together over 100 talented developers for two days of intense innovation and collaboration. The event, held last Oct. 24 to 25 at KMC Jollibee Tower in Ortigas, offered an inspiring platform where students and industry professionals competed side by side to tackle real-world recruitment challenges. The grand champion, Craftora from the Technological Institute of the Philippines, made its mark with an incredible story. “I came here with P100, and I’m leaving with P100,000,” Allyza Toquire, one of the Craftora members, remarked, highlighting the life-changing opportunity the Hackathon provided for students. Craftora — comprised of Adriana Cayuba, Carl Jerwin Saguinsin, Ms. Toquire, and Kevin Yu — won for its innovative solution, “Apply Ease,” which streamlined recruitment processes through AI-driven filtering and communication enhancements. Craftora took home P100,000 and a year of Proworking access at KMC Office Spaces. Second place was awarded to Powerhot, with Ariane Lim, Isaiah San Miguel, and Kenneth Alog, who earned P50,000 and six months of Proworking access; while Bravehearts, formed by Cloud Neo Bagtas, Nikka Ysabel Farofaldane, Jann Louis Ontiveros, and Jhonn Raphael, claimed third place, receiving P25,000 and one month of Proworking access. A special recognition for innovation was given to Neosolve, with Vincent Ferrer, Miguel Kalaw, Lauvigne Lumeda, and Kean Rosales, who also received six months of Proworking access at KMC Office Spaces for their creative solution. In collaboration with Brainsparks and UXPH, KMC’s Hackathon focused on the “TalentMatch 2.0: Redesigning the Future of Recruitment” challenge. Teams worked tirelessly to address recruitment inefficiencies, such as improving candidate matching, scheduling, and real-time talent availability tracking. Using AI and mobile-first designs, participants delivered solutions that could revolutionize HR systems. The panel of esteemed judges included industry leaders like Ely Apao, founder of UXPH; Clinton Marsh, CTO of KMC Solutions; Arup Maity, CEO of Xamun.AI; and Chucks Gaza, projects manager of Zoom, among others; as well as industry mentors including Richard Launio of Xamun.AI and Matthew Cua from Brainsparks. More than a competition, KMC’s Hackathon was a testament to the potential of Filipino talent. The event emphasized the possibility for students to compete against established professionals and come out on top, showcasing their creativity, technical skills, and resilience. “We’re not just about building teams; we’re about building communities,” KMC Solutions’ Co-Founder Mike McCullough in his closing remarks for the hackathon. The Hackathon exemplified KMC’s mission to empower Filipino talent, offering students a chance to break barriers and create a lasting impact in the tech industry. Recognized as a Great Place to Work in Asia and a certified B-corp company, KMC fosters an environment where individuals can thrive, supported by a range of upskilling programs and leadership development opportunities.Maharashtra Elections 2024 | Maharashtra Election Result | Goyal Reveals Name Of Maharashtra's CM

OnePlus Watch 3 Launch Date Confirmed, Could Debut With LTE Connectivity; Check Expected SpecsNov 17, 2024; Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold (14) screams to the crowd as he leaves the field against the Tennessee Titans during the second half at Nissan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Steve Roberts-Imagn Images/ File Photo Quarterback Sam Darnold kickstarted the Vikings' offense on Thursday as he has most of the 2024 season, and plans to play Sunday in a meaningful NFC North road game at Chicago. Darnold returned to practice after being listed as a limited participant on Wednesday because of a foot injury. The Vikings (8-2) are anticipating another close matchup with the Bears (4-6), who won a field-goal battle at Minnesota last season while head coach Kevin O'Connell was shuttling quarterbacks in and out of the lineup to replace the injured Kirk Cousins. That's not a problem these days. After Cousins left for greener pastures in Atlanta, the Vikings signed Darnold to a one-year deal and drafted Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy in the first round. Darnold already has eight wins, beating the 7-10 mark the Vikings cobbled together with a QB room that spun on fast forward from Cousins, Jaren Hall, Nick Mullens, and Joshua Dobbs. "What we're trying to get from Sam is play the best football of his career," O'Connell said. Darnold is delivering and the Vikings have a three-game winning streak in tow when they arrive at Soldier Field on Sunday. He has posted a 100.0 passer rating in 10 starts. He has completed a career-best 67.9 percent of his passes for 2,387 yards, 19 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. The next touchdown pass will mark a career high for Darnold, who sputtered with the New York Jets and Carolina Panthers before serving as the San Francisco 49ers' backup last season. "I just feel like, you know -- not talking about past experiences at all -- but I think here it's the detail that we've had ever since OTAs, ever since April," Darnold said. "We've been able to lock in our progressions. Just our feet, our eyes, where they're supposed to be. And just being on time with the concepts. "If you play like that, it makes the quarterback position a little bit easier." --Field Level Media REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you. Read 3 articles and stand to win rewards Spin the wheel now

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PM Modi praises surge in 'Made in India' products in Kuwait, emphasises trade as important pillar of bilateral relationshipRisk adjusted net present value: What is the current valuation of Cartesian Therapeutics’s Descartes-08?TORONTO — The co-founders of two of Canada's top artificial intelligence firms say companies in the country are buzzing with excitement around the technology but turning that enthusiasm into products and tools takes too long. Nick Frosst, co-founder of Toronto-based enterprise AI business Cohere, says the pipeline to get AI from an idea to implementation is lengthy. "A lot of the times when I start to deal with a Canadian company, they say, 'We've got to get an AI strategy. We've got to build AI,'" Frosst said at the University of Waterloo's Tech Horizons Executive Forum in Toronto on Tuesday. "Then, it takes a long time to get from some high-level room that says we need this thing to an actual implementation that's sitting in production, saving their employees time or ... delighting their users." Nicole Janssen, the co-founder of Edmonton-based AI firm AltaML, has had a similar experience. She estimates it takes 18 months for companies reaching out to her business to commit to using AI and then another 18 months to start doing something with it. "Then people get tired of this thing that's not giving them a return on the investment and it falls to the wayside," she said. Tech leaders have long lamented the slow rate of adoption for their products in Canada, especially when compared to the U.S. Some have blamed the pace on a lack of funding, while others have said it's a matter of culture. Frosst said it's hard to narrow down what's hampering the rate of adoption. Culture could be part of it, but he said, "I want to be clear that I don't necessarily think that cultural thing is bad." "Some of the things that I really like about Canada is that we're slow and a little conscientious," he said. "But it also has downsides and one of the downsides is five quarters of real GDP per capita decrease." Those GDP declines have sparked a discussion about whether Canada is facing a crisis in productivity because it is lagging behind the U.S. and many other Nordic nations. Frosst estimates large language models — the underpinning of AI, which use massive data sets to recognize, translate, predict or generate text and other content — could make a big dent in Canada's productivity woes. He said LLMs alone will "augment" about 20 per cent of knowledge-based jobs, which include teachers, doctors, financial analysts and marketing consultants. But to ensure LLMs and AI are "an absolutely massive opportunity" for Canada, Frosst said the country must not squander the foundations that have been laid for it. Canada, for example, has long been known as a hotbed of AI innovation because of its focus on AI research and talent development. Much of that work has happened through the Vector Institute and Mila, AI organizations based in Toronto and Montreal, respectively, which AI pioneers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio are deeply involved in. Cohere has received funding from Hinton, who recently won a Nobel prize, and Frosst was one of his proteges. "Some of the best minds are still here, some of the best institutes ... are here, but we have fallen behind in adoption," Frosst said. At the same time, every other nation is gaining ground. "It's kind of table stakes at this stage," he said. "America is doing it, the whole world is figuring out how to increase productivity with large language models, and although that technology came from here, we've been a little delayed in adopting it." To reverse the problem, Janssen urged business leaders to get moving — and quickly. "Don't ask the question, 'What am I going do with AI?' but, 'What am I going to do with AI by the end of the year?'" she said. "Because if we don't get started, we are going to fall behind and our productivity challenges are going to be so much more." This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 26, 2024. Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press

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Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The outcome of Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly elections and that of the by-elections in MP have also impacted politics in the state. The BJP’s defeat in Jharkhand and decline in the victory margin of the party candidate in Budhni has shocked Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Chouhan was the party’s in-charge in Jharkhand. So, the defeat came as a surprise to Chouhan. The BJP’s performance in Budhni was not as good as it was in the assembly election. It was Chouhan who gave a ticket to BJP candidate Ramakant Bhargava who registered a win after a tough fight. Several leaders from MP were sent to Maharashtra. Urban Development Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya was playing an important role in Vidarbha region. The outcome of Maharashtra election enhanced his stature. Before Maharashtra, Vijayvargiya played an important role in BJP’s victory in many other states. Other ministers who worked in Maharashtra were Prahlad Patel and Vishvas Sarang and former minister Narottam Mishra. Besides them, many other leaders were sent to Maharashtra for electioneering. Apart from Jitu Patwari and Jaivardhan Singh and former legislator Satyapal Singh Sikarwar worked hard in Vijaypur. It is the Congress’s first victory after Patwari took over as MPCC president. The victory will politically benefit him. The BJP’s defeat in Vijaypur came as a shock to Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, party’s state president VD Sharma and assembly Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar. These leaders had the command of this election. Scindia did not campaign Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia did not campaign in the election. Scindia is very influential in Vijaypur. Because Scindia is angry with Rawat, he did not canvass for him. The outcome of the by-elections indicates that Scindia is still a force to reckon with in the Gwalior-Chambal region.

2024 may become known as the year America fell back in love with nuclear power. Will 2025 be the year we get serious about it? You've all read the headlines by now. You know how Microsoft is partnering with Constellation Energy to restart nuclear power at Three Mile Island . You've probably also heard about Alphabet partnering with Kairos Power to produce electricity for its artificial intelligence (AI) servers . And how Amazon.com actually went out and bought itself a pet nuclear power company of its own ? Of course, assuming they eventually get built, all these new nuclear power plant projects are going to require nuclear fuel to run on. And that's where today's story begins. LEU, HALEU...and weapons-grade uranium In broad outlines, the nuclear fuel supply chain works like this: First, someone like Cameco ( CCJ -0.89% ) mines natural uranium, which contains about 0.7% of the isotope U-235 that is necessary for nuclear fuel. Then, someone else enriches that natural uranium to the desired level -- 3% to 5%. At this point, the result is "low enriched uranium," or LEU. Certain nuclear reactors require even more refinement, to about 20%, at which point the substance is called "high assay" LEU, or HALEU. (And since you're certainly wondering, if you keep on enriching your uranium until it reaches 90% U-235 purity, the result is "weapons-grade" uranium -- what you use to build a nuclear weapon.) Russia accounts for about 44% of all LEU produced worldwide. For obvious reasons, the U.S. doesn't like to buy from Russia right now, but we still get about 35% of our LEU from Russia because...for the most part, that's where the LEU is. In contrast, here in the U.S., very little uranium enrichment is done. But that's about to change. Two uranium contracts for six nuclear companies Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) named six U.S. nuclear companies that it hopes will begin or expand their enrichment operations, so that the U.S. can buy LEU from them going forward: American Centrifuge, a subsidiary of Centrus Energy ( LEU -2.10% ) . General Matter. Global Laser Enrichment, roughly half of which is owned by Australia's Silex Systems and Cameco. Louisiana Energy Services, a subsidiary of U.K.-based Urenco Limited. Laser Isotope Separation Technologies, which has Nano Nuclear Energy ( NNE 3.19% ) as an investor. Orano Federal Services, a subsidiary of France's Orano SA. Each of these will receive at least $2 million in contracts. Collectively, DOE intends to spread around $3.4 billion in LEU purchases among these companies over the next 10 years. These contracts come on top of $2.7 billion in earlier awards for the purchase of HALEU from four companies: General Matter, Orano, Urenco, and Centrus Energy -- each of which won LEU contracts as well (either directly or through a subsidiary). Once again, the contracts will be spread over 10 years. Once again, each winner is guaranteed at least a couple million dollars. And because the U.S. Congress has now banned further imports of enriched uranium from Russia (not immediately, but phasing out between now and 2028), the chances of this money actually being disbursed seem very good indeed. Which nuclear stock should you buy? Add it all up, and we're talking $6.1 billion in U.S. government contracts here. While no one of these six companies is guaranteed to win it all, on average, it should work out to $1 billion in revenue each -- or $100 million per year, over 10 years. Best of all, because Cameco, Centrus, and Nano Nuclear Energy each trade on U.S. exchanges, individual investors (either directly or indirectly) can pretty easily find ways to invest in about half of the likely winners. That's the good news. The bad news is that as I've explained in recent columns, I'm already not terribly enthused by the valuations on two of these companies, Cameco and Nano Nuclear . So that leaves Centrus. Not only does it have "LEU" right there in its ticker, but from a valuation perspective, Centrus also seems to be the most attractive play on uranium enrichment in the U.S. today. Based in Bethesda, MD, Centrus boasts a more than 25-year history, and it's earned profits in most of these years (according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence ). At a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of only 15.5 times earnings currently, with plenty of cash on hand and no net debt, Centrus stock looks well positioned to capitalize on the new U.S. policy to become "independent" in nuclear enrichment. Look it over and see if you agree.