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Westinghouse produces first batch of LEU+ fuel pellets

August 9, 2024, 12:15PMNuclear News
Westinghouse ADOPT fuel pellets. (Photo: Westinghouse)

Westinghouse Electric Company announced Aug. 8 that it has completed the first pressing of ADOPT nuclear fuel pellets at the company’s Springfields Fuel Manufacturing Facility in the United Kingdom. The pellets, which can contain up to 8 percent uranium-235 by weight, are destined for irradiation testing in Southern Nuclear’s Vogtle-2 pressurized water reactor.

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