New Metallic Nuclear Fuel Can Burn 21% of Uranium or Plutonium
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#68Z79)
Lightbridge plutonium disposition fuel variant consumes 5.5 times more plutonium per fuel rod than mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel. Lightbridge's proprietary next-generation nuclear fuel technology features metallic fuel rods with a helical multi-lobe design that can be used to fuel small modular reactors as well as existing light water reactors and pressurised heavy water reactors. The high ...