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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.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by NNPD|Cosponsored by OPD
Wednesday, December 1, 2021|12:30–2:15PM EST |Columbia 3
Session Chairs:
James W. Behrens (U.S. Navy (Ret.))
H.M. Hashemian (AMS Corp.)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chairs:
Stefani Buster
Allyson Pearce (AMS Corp.)
John K. Downing (Downing Consulting)
Student Assistant:
Amanda Bachmann
Session focus is on the workings of nuclear policy, science, and technology together in achieving large goals such as the U.S.S. Enterprise (CVN-65), the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, a major nuclear success story. Honorees: Ernie Moniz, NTI, 2021 Winner of the Eisenhower Medal ; John Browne, LANL (Ret.), 2021 Winner of the Seaborg Medal; Jose Reyes, NuScale Power, 2021 Winner of the Zinn Medal; and Samuel Cox, Navy Museum, and Steve Mirsky, NuScale Power, on behalf of the U.S.S. Enterprise (CVN-65),2021 Winner of the Nuclear Landmark Award
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