Global Nuclear Fuel announced that lead test assemblies of its accident tolerant fuel (ATF) solutions have been delivered to the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory for examination after commercial operation.
GNF, a GE-led joint venture with Hitachi, said the unfueled IronClad lead test rods and fueled Armor lead test rods, the first to be installed in a commercial reactor, successfully completed a 24-month fuel cycle at the Hatch nuclear power station in Georgia. They are the first commercially operated samples from the ATF programme to undergo national laboratory evaluation.
The testing at Oak Ridge is an important step in the commercialasation of advanced fuel technologies, GNF said.
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