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NRC grants license for TRISO-X fuel manufacturing using HALEU
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted X-energy subsidiary TRISO-X a special nuclear material license for high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel fabrication. The license applies to TRISO-X’s first two planned commercial facilities, known as TX-1 and TX-2, for an initial 40-year period. The facilities are set to be the first new nuclear fuel fabrication plants licensed by the NRC in more than 50 years.
International Conference on Physics of Reactors 2024 Plenary SPeaker
Sang Ji KIM is a Principal Researcher at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI). His doctoral degree is in nuclear and quantum engineering from KAIST in 2001 and his bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering from SNU in 1984. Throughout his career at KAERI from 1986, he was involved with the core nuclear design of PWR, SFR, LFR and MSR. His current interest is chloride salt-based MSR NSSS technology development useful for diverse applications and now plays the role of the project manager for micro MSR technology development.
He nowadays endeavors to develop large technological infrastructure necessary for the realization of MSRs by both international collaboration and domestic investment.
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