A First for Military Nuclear Power: TRISO Fuel Arrives at Project Pele
by Sonal Patel from POWER Magazine on (#71YGS)
Project Pele, the Department of War's (DOW's) first-of-its-kind transportable nuclear microreactor prototype, has received its tri-structural isotropic (TRISO) particle fuel at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), where formal system testing is slated to begin as early as 2027. The fuel-manufactured by BWXT Technologies (BWXT) and shipped from its Lynchburg, Virginia, facility-represents the first TRISO microreactor fuel [...]
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