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.