FA fabrication is a final stage of nuclear power plant fuel cycle production and is one of the most significant, as a FA is loaded into a reactor and will work under high temperatures and in an ...

Under a Jan. 28–announced memorandum of understanding (MOU), the companies plan to conduct a feasibility study that will explore co-locating a Lightbridge Commercial-scale Fuel Fabrication ...

The fuel fabrication facility includes four production sites: carbothermal synthesis of mixed uranium and plutonium nitrides, fabrication of fuel pellets, ...

At the MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility, mixed oxide fuel powder will be manufactured using five percent plutonium-239 and 95 percent uranium-238. Essentially, MOX fuel uses fissionable plutonium in ...

Among this year's innovation award winners was a project directly related to the work performed at Areva's Richland fuel fabrication facility: the Atrium 10XM Third Generation FuelGuard (3GFG ...

Two advanced nuclear fuel companies plan to study co-locating their fuel-fabrication facilities. Lightbridge Corporation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Oklo, which will explore ...

Efforts to commercialize production of high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel, which is needed for an array of advanced reactors, ramped up this week with two major announcements. As the ...

Prior to the initial core loading of the BREST-OD-300, more than 200 MNUP fuel bundles are scheduled for fabrication. Rosatom says it will be a world first to have all the facilities on one site with ...

The Richland fuel fabrication plant has not had a significant accident or event during its 45-year history. “We place a premium on being prepared,” Land said.

The first shipment of fuel is expected to be delivered in spring 2025. Fuel loading for MARVEL is anticipated to occur in 2026, with the microreactor expected to be online by 2027.