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US-Canada firms tie-up to advance thorium nuclear fuel testing in reactors
['Atharva Gosavi']
Interesting Engineering
Clean Core Thorium Energy (CCTE) has signed a fabrication agreement with BWXT Canada to advance the commercial demonstration of its thorium-uranium nuclear fuel technology.
BWXT Canada will provide qualified bundle hardware, while CNL will produce the fuel pellets and assemble reactor-representative bundles for irradiation in an operating reactor.
This division of work completes the capabilities needed to move the technology from a validated fuel design to full-size bundles suitable for demonstration irradiation.
It also gives the program access to Canadian manufacturing infrastructure and expertise in fuel used by pressurized heavy-water reactors.
Earlier tests establish technical foundation The fabrication program follows accelerated irradiation tests conducted at Idaho National Laboratory’s Advanced Test Reactor in the United States.