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This new high-temperature ceramic fuel cladding tested at Idaho National Laboratory could potentially transform the way nuclear fuels are made.
For the first time in more than two decades, Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers performed the nation’s first critical experiment using a ceramic fuel required by some advanced reactor designs.
Two companies are one step closer to testing reactor experiments in world’s first microreactor test bed .
Radiant Industries has completed the front-end engineering and experiment design phase to test a prototype of its Kaleidos microreactor at Idaho National Laboratory.
Contracts Will Allow Companies to Compete for Work to Provide Deconversion Services and Help Secure Domestic HALEU for Advanced Reactors to Strengthen America’s Leadership in Nuclear Energy
Final EIS analyzing potential impacts of the Department’s proposed action to acquire, through procurement from commercial sources, high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) and to facilitate the establishment of commercial HALEU fuel production.
Test bed is needed to supply critical testing infrastructure for microreactor technologies.
Department of Energy Launches $100 Million Nuclear Safety Training and Workforce Development Program
New funding aims to grow reactor safety training programs and curriculum nationwide.
Awarded projects help to advance accident tolerant fuels, inform reactor fuel designs, and perform research to sustain the nation’s current light-water reactor fleet.
Awards help to accelerate the innovation and advancement of microreactor technologies, identification of potential sites capable of hosting a nuclear-powered data center, and research to prevent corrosion in molten salt reactors.