The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) will design, fabricate, and test silicon carbide (SiC) fuel cladding capsules to support transient testing unde…
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January 14, 2026The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) will design, fabricate, and test silicon carbide (SiC) fuel cladding capsules to support transient testing under extreme reactor conditions. The primary objective is to experimentally validate the performance modeling of SiC-based advanced technology fuel (ATF) through irradiation testing at the Transient Reactor Test Facility (TREAT).