Historic or legacy fuel from EBR-II as well as additional historic fuels currently stored in the HFEF hot cell consist of metallic nuclear fuel at …
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
July 1, 2025
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Historic or legacy fuel from EBR-II as well as additional historic fuels currently stored in the HFEF hot cell consist of metallic nuclear fuel at varying levels of burnup. Interest in new reactor types, and specifically the performance of the metallic fuels for power generating reactors, had driven funding to do research on these old fuels which were irradiated. The intent of this research is to support the eventual publication of topical reports to the NRC to qualify the metallic fuel for use in commercial power reactors.