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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.
April 1, 2021|11:00AM–12:30PM (12:00–1:30PM EDT)
Available to All Users
The ANS Human Factors and Instrumentation and Control Division presents a lunchtime webinar on digital modernization strategies and plans throughout the U.S. nuclear fleet. Hear from industry leaders on strategic digital modernization from multiple perspectives including fleet-wide, single site, regulated and non-regulated utilities, etc.
Learn about modernization plans that impact safety and non-safety systems, use of data analytics, makerspace initiatives, and main control room mods geared towards efficient plant operations. These different approaches all ultimately support the goal of long-term US nuclear fleet sustainability.
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