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US companies welcome Executive Orders
US companies welcome Executive Orders

Nuclear fuel cycle companies, utilities and others have applauded the presidential executive orders that aim to revitalise the US nuclear industry - but questions are being raised about the impacts of some of the mandated reforms.

Nuclear Policies · Friday, 30 May 2025
Milestone for metallic fuel fabrication
Milestone for metallic fuel fabrication

Lightbridge Corporation has hailed the co-extrusion demonstration of a coupon sample with uranium-zirconium alloy and cladding at Idaho National Laboratory as a significant milestone in the development of its innovative next-generation nuclear fuel.

Uranium & Fuel · Thursday, 13 February 2025
Lightbridge and Oklo aim to co-locate fuel fabrication facilities
Lightbridge and Oklo aim to co-locate fuel fabrication facilities

Advanced nuclear fuel company Lightbridge and nuclear power plant developer Oklo have signed a memorandum of understanding for a feasibility study into co-locating their planned fuel fabrication facilities and to explore potential for collaboration in recycling nuclear waste.

Corporate · Tuesday, 28 January 2025
Extrusion demo is milestone for Lightbridge Fuel fabrication
Extrusion demo is milestone for Lightbridge Fuel fabrication
The extrusion of samples of an alloy of depleted uranium and zirconium at Idaho National Laboratory is a critical step in the process to qualify Lightbridge Corporation's advanced nuclear fuel technology.
Uranium & Fuel · Monday, 18 March 2024
Pilot plant for Lightbridge fuel mooted for Ohio
Pilot plant for Lightbridge fuel mooted for Ohio
Lightbridge Corporation and Centrus Energy Corp are to carry out a front-end engineering and design study to add a dedicated fabrication facility for Lightbridge's next-generation nuclear fuel at the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio.
Uranium & Fuel · Friday, 8 December 2023
Study to evaluate Lightbridge Fuel use in Candu reactors
Study to evaluate Lightbridge Fuel use in Candu reactors
Advanced nuclear fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation is collaborating with Romania's Institutul de Cercetări Nucleare Pitești to perform an engineering study to assess the compatibility and suitability of its Lightbridge Fuel for use in Candu pressurised heavy water reactors.
Uranium & Fuel · Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Lightbridge and PNNL demonstrate fuel casting process
Lightbridge and PNNL demonstrate fuel casting process
Advanced nuclear fuel technology company Lightbridge and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have completed a collaborative project to demonstrate Lightbridge's nuclear fuel casting process using depleted uranium under the US Department of Energy's Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear voucher programme.
Uranium & Fuel · Tuesday, 28 February 2023
Lightbridge fuel offers Pu management option
Lightbridge fuel offers Pu management option
Simulations have shown that a fuel rod designed by the company significantly outperforms traditional MOX fuel in consuming plutonium, and would be well-suited for consuming excess weapons-grade material.
Uranium & Fuel · Monday, 13 February 2023
Lightbridge, INL team up for advanced fuel development
Lightbridge, INL team up for advanced fuel development
The advanced nuclear fuel company said it expects the first phase of work under two "innovative" agreements with Idaho National Laboratory, in collaboration with the US Department of Energy, will culminate in irradiation testing of fuel samples.
Uranium & Fuel · Monday, 12 December 2022
Lightbridge fuel moves closer to irradiation testing
Lightbridge fuel moves closer to irradiation testing
Lightbridge Ltd has completed work to design an experiment for the irradiation of samples of its metallic fuel material in the Advanced Test Reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory. The work was carried out in collaboration with INL under the US Department of Energy's Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear voucher programme and marks a milestone towards testing of the material in the reactor.
Uranium & Fuel · Friday, 22 October 2021
Lightbridge demonstrates SMR fuel manufacturing process
Lightbridge demonstrates SMR fuel manufacturing process
Lightbridge Corporation has demonstrated the manufacturing process for surrogate fuel rods for commercial-scale small modular reactors, using an internally developed and patented high-temperature coextrusion process.
Uranium & Fuel · Wednesday, 12 May 2021
Lightbridge to prioritise SMR fuel development
Lightbridge to prioritise SMR fuel development
Lightbridge Corporation has decided to prioritise developing fuel for future small modular reactors rather than fuel for large reactor designs, President and CEO Seth Grae said in a business update ahead of a webcast and conference call to discuss the company's financial results. The company is also contemplating a zirconium-plutonium version of its fuel.
Uranium & Fuel · Thursday, 25 March 2021
Lightbridge and Framatome end Enfission joint venture
Lightbridge and Framatome end Enfission joint venture
Lightbridge Corporation and Framatome have agreed to dissolve their Enfission joint venture. Launched in January 2018, Enfission was to develop, license and sell nuclear fuel assemblies based on Lightbridge's innovative metallic nuclear fuel technology.
Corporate · Tuesday, 23 March 2021
Non-grid nuclear applications hold key to decarbonisation
Non-grid nuclear applications hold key to decarbonisation
Using nuclear plants to generate heat as well as electricity for non-grid industrial applications could be central to deep decarbonisation efforts beyond being a source of zero-carbon electricity. Speakers at the fifth Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum last week looked at how hydrogen - and nuclear - can contribute to carbon abatement efforts in areas that have so far been hard to decarbonise.
Energy & Environment · Tuesday, 26 January 2021
Lightbridge demonstrates SMR fuel rod manufacturing
Lightbridge demonstrates SMR fuel rod manufacturing
Lightbridge Corporation and Enfission, LLC have demonstrated the manufacturing process and fabrication of Lightbridge Fuel surrogate rods in a length that could be usable in NuScale Power's small modular reactors.
Uranium & Fuel · Monday, 23 September 2019
Lightbridge fuel development gains DOE funding
Lightbridge fuel development gains DOE funding
Framatome has received a voucher through the US Department of Energy's Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear programme to support development of Lightbridge Fuel in collaboration with Idaho National Laboratory.
Uranium & Fuel · Thursday, 30 May 2019
Metallic fuel under consideration for NuScale SMR
Metallic fuel under consideration for NuScale SMR
NuScale Power and Enfission, LLC are to work together to explore the use of Enfission's next-generation nuclear fuel technology in NuScale's small modular reactors (SMRs) under a newly announced memorandum of understanding.
New Nuclear · Thursday, 16 May 2019
US nuclear industry seeks presidential support
US nuclear industry seeks presidential support
A strong domestic industrial base is vital to enable US companies to compete overseas, nuclear industry executives told President Donald Trump at a meeting on 12 February.
Corporate · Thursday, 14 February 2019
Opportunities from Halden closure discussed
Opportunities from Halden closure discussed
The US Department of Energy earlier this month organised a two-day workshop to discuss the collaborative opportunities created by the permanent shutdown of the Halden nuclear fuel and materials testing reactor in Norway.
Corporate · Monday, 30 July 2018
Halden Reactor to be decommissioned
Halden Reactor to be decommissioned
The board of directors of Norway's Institute for Energy Technology has decided to close the Halden Reactor permanently and to start its decommissioning. 
Corporate · Thursday, 28 June 2018
US dignitaries endorse nuclear's importance
US dignitaries endorse nuclear's importance
A group of 75 senior US figures, including former statesmen, military, industrial and academic leaders, have written to Energy Secretary Rick Perry imploring him to take immediate action to prevent the closure of reactors.
Nuclear Policies · Wednesday, 27 June 2018
US brings accident-tolerant fuel target nearer
US brings accident-tolerant fuel target nearer
The US Nuclear Energy Institute reported yesterday that coordination among the various entities involved in the development of accident-tolerant fuels has "progressed to the point that all stakeholders now agree on the feasibility of a 2023 timeline". Citing speakers at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's 12 April briefing on ATF, the NEI said US research, development and licensing frameworks "need to undergo a paradigm shift" to accelerate the way innovative nuclear technologies such as ATF are brought to market.
Uranium & Fuel · Friday, 20 April 2018
GNF lead test assemblies ready for loading
GNF lead test assemblies ready for loading
Hatch_(NRC-Southern_Nuclear)-48Lead test assemblies of accident-tolerant boiling water reactor fuel have been shipped to Southern Nuclear Operating Company and will be installed in an operating reactor, Global Nuclear Fuels announced yesterday. The IronClad and ARMOR assemblies will be loaded into the Edwin I Hatch plant.
Uranium & Fuel · Friday, 9 February 2018
Framatome 'ideal partner', says Lightbridge CEO
Framatome 'ideal partner', says Lightbridge CEO
Framatome is the best partner for Lightbridge for developing, licensing and commercialising nuclear fuel assemblies based on its technology, the company's president and CEO Seth Grae told World Nuclear News. Speaking shortly after the companies announced their Enfission joint venture, he said they intend Enfission to become a major player in the international nuclear industry.
Uranium & Fuel · Monday, 5 February 2018
Enfission JV to commercialise Lightbridge metallic fuel
Enfission JV to commercialise Lightbridge metallic fuel
Enfission_JV_signing_(FramatomeUS)-48Lightbridge's innovative metallic nuclear fuel technology is the most cost-effective way to add clean power to the grid, and is less expensive than wind, solar or natural gas, the company's CEO Seth Grae said yesterday. He was speaking at the launch of Enfission, the joint venture set up with Framatome to develop, license and sell nuclear fuel assemblies based on the Lightbridge-designed technology.
Corporate · Friday, 26 January 2018
China and Vietnam to cooperate on nuclear safety
China and Vietnam to cooperate on nuclear safety
Vietnam-China - November 2017 - 48The nuclear safety regulators of China and Vietnam today signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation. The two countries signed an agreement to cooperate in nuclear energy in 2000.
Regulation & Safety · Monday, 13 November 2017
Lightbridge fuel moves towards irradiation testing
Lightbridge fuel moves towards irradiation testing
Lighbtridge_EFI_(Lightbridge)-48Lightbridge Corporation has signed orders with the Institute for Energy Technology, operator of Norway's Halden research reactor, for the design and fabrication of a second irradiation rig for testing of its fuels. The IFE is already manufacturing a first test rig ready for irradiation testing of Lightbridge's fuel samples in the reactor.
Uranium & Fuel · Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Advanced fuel agreements signed
Advanced fuel agreements signed
Two separate innovative nuclear fuels are closer to deployment thanks to agreements signed yesterday. Lightbridge Corporation and Areva NP signed a binding agreement to set up a joint venture to develop, manufacture and commercialise Lightbridge's advanced metallic fuel technology, while a memorandum of understanding between X-energy and Centrus Energy will see the companies work toward the development of a facility to fabricate Triso fuel.
Uranium & Fuel · Thursday, 7 September 2017
US House passes advanced nuclear act
US House passes advanced nuclear act
The US House of Representatives - the lower chamber of the United States Congress - has approved a handful of bipartisan bills from the last session of Congress that aim to bolster research on advanced nuclear reactors, allow for more challenges at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and change rules for federal efficiency standards. The Advanced Nuclear Technology Act of 2017 was passed by voice vote on 23 January.
Nuclear Policies · Wednesday, 25 January 2017
Lightbridge and Areva agree terms for fuel joint venture
Lightbridge and Areva agree terms for fuel joint venture
Lightbridge Corporation and Areva NP announced they have agreed key terms for the creation of a 50-50 joint venture to develop, manufacture and commercialize fuel assemblies based on Lightbridge's "next generation" metallic nuclear fuel technology.
Uranium & Fuel · Wednesday, 2 November 2016
Lightbridge and Areva join forces on metallic nuclear fuel
Lightbridge and Areva join forces on metallic nuclear fuel
Lightbridge Corporation has entered into a Joint Development Agreement with Areva NP to assess establishing a joint venture this year for the development, manufacture and commercialization of fuel assemblies based on Lightbridge's "next generation" metallic nuclear fuel technology.
Uranium & Fuel · Wednesday, 16 March 2016
Lightbridge charts progress towards irradiation testing
Lightbridge charts progress towards irradiation testing
UPDATED Lightbridge Corporation has received final regulatory approval for irradiation testing of its metallic fuel at Norway's Halden research reactor. The company has also entered an agreement with US fabricator BWXT Nuclear Energy to evaluate the possible fabrication of fuel samples at BWXT's US facilities.
Corporate · Thursday, 14 January 2016
Export licence granted for Lightbridge fuel
Export licence granted for Lightbridge fuel
Halden_research_reactor_(IFE)_48The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has granted an export licence covering all planned activities related to Lightbridge's advanced metallic nuclear fuel in Norway. The fuel is to undergo irradiation testing at Norway's Halden research reactor.
Corporate · Monday, 19 October 2015
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