US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has received approval from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to use its Advanced Doped Pellet Technology (ADOPT) fuel pellets in US pressurised water reactors (PWRs). The approval came after both NRC and the Advanced Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) verified that ADOPT fuel significantly enhances the safety and reliability of PWRs.

• United States
• Uranium
• Nuclear fuel
• Westinghouse Electric Company
• Nuclear fission
• Chromium
• Loss-of-coolant accident

Source: NEI Magazine

Date: Friday, 17 March 2023

Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnrc-approval-for-westinghouse-adopt-accident-tolerant-fuel-10679689

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