BWXT Advanced Fuels, LLC will be dedicated to the commercialisation of advanced nuclear fuel, such as TRISO, and will pursue partnerships to deliver commercial nuclear fuel for advanced nuclear reactors.
Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have begun post-irradiation studies on GE Vernova's high burnup fuel after it has spent six years in a commercial reactor.
Standard Nuclear has been announced as the first US company to be conditionally accepted into the Department of Energy's programme to establish a domestic nuclear fuel supply chain for testing new reactors.
Lightbridge Corporation has fabricated coupon samples using enriched uranium-zirconium alloy representative of the fuel material alloy composition it plans to use in its commercial next-generation fuel.