NANO Nuclear Energy has pushed another critical piece of its KRONOS MMR program toward preliminary design, this time with French engineering group Fortil. The companies said conceptual design work is nearly complete on the reactor’s Fuel Handling & Storage System, which will manage the safe handling, storage and movement of nuclear fuel throughout operations. Fortil’s dedicated nuclear team is handling multidisciplinary work across mechanical and systems engineering, nuclear safety, instrumentation and control, and radiation protection. The U.S. has secured its largest-ever HALEU fuel shipment, working in partnership with Japan. In just the past year, they’ve advanced a proprietary HALEU transportation package, won a U.S. Air Force innovation contract, and signed an agreement with Supermicro targeting nuclear-powered AI data centers.