Related to an outer fuel element failure at the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

On March 30, 2021, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Enterprise Assessments’ Office of Enforcement entered into a Consent Order (NCO-2021-01) with UT-Battelle, LLC to resolve issues related to the outer fuel element failure that occurred on November 13, 2018, at the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.