Sitting, from left, are Kinectrics president John D’Angelo CCTE COO and Milan Shah. Standing, from left, are Nuclear New Build vice president Sean Donnelly, CCTE executive advisor Paul Thompson, and CCTE CTO Paul Chan. (Photo: Clean Core)
Clean Core Thorium Energy announced that BWX Technologies–owned Kinectrics will conduct an independent technical review of its ANEEL (Advanced Nuclear Energy for Enriched Life) fuel qualification program.
According to CCTE, Kinectrics will review key aspects of the fuel design, manufacturing, safety, and regulatory readiness.
ANEEL fuel rodlets undergoing postirradiation examination at INL’s Hot Fuel Examination Facility. (Photo: Clean Core Thorium Energy)
Clean Core Thorium Energy has announced the completion of its nearly two-year ANEEL fuel irradiation testing and qualification campaign at Idaho National Laboratory.
The idea behind ANEEL (Advanced Nuclear Energy for Enriched Life) fuel is to provide existing pressurized heavy water reactors with a fuel option that has increased high-burnup performance without requiring any modification to the reactors.
Representatives from CNL and Clean Core Thorium Energy at the signing of their agreement on April 16. (Photo: CNL)
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories has signed an agreement with Chicago-based Clean Core Thorium Energy to manufacture demonstration irradiation bundles of Clean Core’s ANEEL (Advanced Nuclear Energy for Enriched Life) fuel. The fuel is made with a combination of thorium and high-assay low-enriched uranium and is designed for use in pressurized heavy water reactors, such as Canada’s CANDU fleet.
INL team removing and staging irradiated ANEEL fuel rodlets in the ATR canal. (Photo: Clean Core)
(Photo: Clean Core Thorium Energy)
The Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) at Idaho National Laboratory will soon be irradiating fuel pellets containing thorium and high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) developed by Clean Core Thorium Energy for use in pressurized heavy water reactors (PHWRs). Clean Core announced on June 14 that it will proceed with irradiation testing and qualification under an agreement with the Department of Energy; the plans have been in the works since at least 2020, when the DOE filed a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) disclosure for the work.
