Nuclear fuel technology company Lightbridge Corporation is to collaborate with Romania’s Institute for Nuclear Research (Institutul de Cercetari Nucleare Pitesti) on an engineering study to assess the suitability of its fuel for use in Candu pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs).
Virginia, US-based Lightbridge said the assessment will cover areas including mechanical design, neutronics analysis, and thermal and thermal-hydraulic evaluations.
The findings will play a key role in guiding economic evaluations and helping with potential regulatory licensing issues, it added.