TRISO and advanced nuclear fuel fabrication plants, licensing milestones and fuel qualification
A new Carnegie Endowment report highlights the 'chicken and egg' dilemma in the HALEU fuel industry, urging government stimulus to align fuel fabrication with reactor deployment.
NANO Nuclear has purchased a $13.5 million NRC-licensed facility permit in New Mexico to process HALEU. The company faces significant regulatory and capital hurdles to complete the project.
Quantum Leap Energy (QLE), a subsidiary of ASP Isotopes, has signed a 10-year, $3 billion HALEU supply agreement with TerraPower. The deal highlights the critical role of advanced fuel fabrication and alternative enrichment technologies like ASP in meeting next-generation reactor demands.
NANO Nuclear Energy and its subsidiary HALEU Energy Fuel Inc. have signed a definitive agreement to acquire strategic U.S. nuclear fuel processing assets from Radnostix, Inc., advancing its vertical integration strategy.
TRISO-X has completed the vertical construction of its TX-1 advanced TRISO fuel fabrication facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The 214,000-square-foot plant will produce up to 700,000 TRISO fuel pebbles annually to support X-energy's Xe-100 SMRs.
X-energy has completed the main structure of the TX-1 advanced nuclear fuel manufacturing facility in Tennessee, marking the first of its kind built in the US in over 50 years. The facility will produce TRISO fuel pebbles for next-generation advanced reactors.
X-energy's subsidiary TRISO-X has completed vertical construction of the TX-1 fuel facility in Oak Ridge and received the first US Category 2 HALEU fuel fabrication license from the NRC.
Triso-X has completed the building envelope for its TX-1 advanced nuclear fuel facility in Tennessee, following the receipt of a 40-year NRC license to manufacture HALEU-based TRISO fuel.
TRISO-X has reached a significant construction milestone for its TX-1 facility in Tennessee, marking the first commercial HALEU fuel fabrication plant built in the U.S. in over 50 years. Backed by Amazon's $500 million investment, the plant will produce TRISO fuel for X-energy's Xe-100 reactors.
Framatome has signed the world's first commercial contract to supply a US reactor with nuclear fuel enriched above 5%, reaching up to 10%. The fuel will be manufactured at its newly modernized Richland facility following NRC approval.
The nuclear industry and Idaho National Laboratory are partnering to test advanced TRISO fuel varieties, ensuring safe, high-temperature operation for next-generation reactors.
Industry partners including X-energy, BWXT, and Radiant are collaborating with the Idaho National Laboratory to test new varieties of TRISO fuel. This collaboration is critical for validating advanced fuel forms required for HALEU-fueled SMRs.