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LLNL, Ampera partner to develop thorium-based TRISO fuel
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has formed a strategic partnership with Ampera to develop the company’s nuclear fuel concept through a project named THUNDER, for Thorium Unimodal Droplet Ejection for Reactors.
The focus of THUNDER is fabricating TRISO made with kernels of thorium rather than the usual uranium. LLNL and Ampera will evaluate and optimize liquid metal–jetting technology to produce highly uniform, spherical kernels of thorium-232 for later processing into TRISO fuel.
Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference 2024 (PBNC)
Mechanical Engineer, University of Washington
Joined Framatome (then ExxonNuclear) in 1982 and have worked in several mechanical, manufacturing, cycle licensing, and neutronics fuel-related engineering roles as well as project management and other commercial roles.
Significant projects have included contributions to development of the BLEU off-spec U reload supply program for DOE/TVA, design of the ATRIUM 10XM and ATRIUM 11 fuel products, reload fuel supply contracting and account management for the NuScale SMR, and serving as communications lead for the Advanced Fuel Management team developing the capability to deliver high burnup LEU+ reloads to US reactor operators.
Last modified September 30, 2024, 10:00am MDT