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Exclusive: Why Oklo’s Demonstration of HALEU Could Be Groundbreaking for New Nuclear

February 20, 2020 admin aurora reactor, Business, DOE, downblending, eletrometallurgical process, enriched uranium, Fuel, haleu, heu, inl, Markets, micro-reactor, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, oklo, Research and Development, supply chains, Technology, uranium enrichment, Yucca Mountain

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:06:59 +0000

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In an exclusive interview, executives from Silicon Valley–based Oklo, a company Idaho National Laboratory (INL) chose this week to demonstrate the first-of-its-kind use of recycled high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel in its full-size Aurora micro-reactor, told POWER that the project could have broad implications for the future of nuclear power. Marking a significant boost for […]

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MOX Nuclear Fuel Loaded in Russian Reactor, More to Come

January 28, 2020 admin Department of Energy, DOE, Fuel, International, mixed-oxide fuel, mox, mox fuel fabrication facility, national nuclear security administration, news, nnsa, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, nuclear power plant, O&M, Plant Design, rosatom, Russia, Safety, savannah river, tvel

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 13:45:33 +0000

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Power plant engineers have loaded 18 mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel assemblies in Unit 4 at the Beloyarsk nuclear power plant in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. Distinct from traditional nuclear fuel with enriched uranium, MOX fuel pellets are based on the mix of nuclear fuel cycle derivatives, such as plutonium oxide bred in commercial reactors and uranium oxide […]

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Exelon Installs New Accident Tolerant Fuel at Illinois Nuclear Plant

January 16, 2020 admin accident tolerant fuel, ATF, Exelon, framatome, Fuel, ge, gnf, hitachi, International, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, nuclear power plant, O&M, Plant Design, Research and Development, Russia, Safety, Technology, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:50:56 +0000

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Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), a GE-led joint venture with Hitachi Ltd. that supplies boiling water reactor fuel and fuel-related services around the world, said lead test assemblies utilizing its ARMOR-coated zirconium cladding and IronClad Accident Tolerant Fuel solutions have been installed at Exelon’s Clinton nuclear plant in Illinois. “We continue to work with our customers […]

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Facing Urgency, DOE Moves to Demonstrate HALEU Fuel Production Capability for Advanced Nuclear Reactors

January 10, 2019 admin advanced reactors, Business, centrifuge, centrus, DOE, economics, existing nuclear fleet, Fuel, high-enriched fuel, light water reactors, microreactors, nei, news, Nuclear, nuclear fuel, Research and Development, small modular reactors, Technology, uranium, usec

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 14:30:33 +0000

To propel interest and bolster development of advanced nuclear reactor designs, the Department of Energy (DOE) will demonstrate—by October 2020—the production of high assay low enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel in a first-of-its-kind $115 million project at the agency’s uranium enrichment facility in Piketon, Ohio. HALEU is nuclear fuel that is enriched to a higher degree […]

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