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US-based Clean Core Thorium Energy has announced its new strategic partnership agreement with the US Department of Energy (DOE) for the testing of Clean Core’s innovative fuel for nuclear power plants. The announced agreement details next steps for irradiation testing and qualification in Idaho National Laboratory’s (INL’s) Advanced Test Reactor of Clean Core’s advanced nuclear fuel, marking a major milestone in the commercialisation of thorium-based energy.

Date: Friday, 17 June 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-doe-to-test-thorium-fuel-9777589

Company hails ‘major milestone’ towards commercialisation Clean Core’s Aneel nuclear fuel pellets. Testing will be ‘a major milestone’ towards commercialisation. Courtesy Clean Core. US-based Clean Core Thorium Energy has signed a partnership agreement with the US Department of Energy to pave the way for testing innovative fuel for nuclear power plants.

Clean Core said the agreement includes a schedule for irradiation and qualification testing for advanced thorium fuel at Idaho National Laboratory (INL).

The company said the move is “a major milestone” for the commercialisation of thorium-based energy.

Clean Core’s Aneel (“advanced nuclear energy for enriched life”) fuel technology uses a combination of thorium and high assay low-enriched uranium (Haleu) for a improved fuel performance in Candu reactors and in other pressurised heavy-water reactor (PHWR) designs.

Date: Friday, 17 June 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/clean-core-agrees-advanced-thorium-fuel-testing-schedule-with-doe-6-4-2022

Nuclear fuel innovation company Clean Core Thorium Energy has signed a new strategic partnership agreement with the US Department of Energy (DOE) which details next steps for irradiation testing and qualification of its Advanced Nuclear Energy for Enriched Life (ANEEL) fuel in Idaho National Laboratory's (INL's) Advanced Test Reactor.

Date: Thursday, 16 June 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Clean-Core-prepares-for-testing-of-innovative-fuel

US-based BWX Technologies (BWXT) announced that its BWXT Nuclear Operations Group subsidiary has completed its TRIstructural-ISOtropic (TRISO) nuclear fuel line restart project and is producing fuel at its Lynchburg facility in Virginia.

Date: Friday, 13 November 2020
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsbwxt-restarts-triso-fuel-line-8359001

The US Administration is committed to reviving and revitalising the nuclear industry and is leading by action, not just words, according to US Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary Dan Brouillette.

Date: Saturday, 31 August 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-DOE-all-in-on-new-nuclear-says-Brouillette

The US Administration is committed to reviving and revitalising the nuclear industry and is leading by action, not just words, according to US Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary Dan Brouillette.

Date: Friday, 30 August 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/US-DOE-all-in-on-new-nuclear-says-Brouillette

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