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Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) has declared open the Pilot Fuel Manufacturing (PFM) facility, which will produce the first fuel for testing and qualification for use in the company's advanced Micro Modular Reactor (MMR). The plant will be the USA's first producer of private-sector TRISO and USNC's patented Fully Ceramic-Microencapsulated - or FCM - fuel.

Date: Tuesday, 23 August 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Pilot-TRISO-fuel-manufacturing-plant-opens-in-Tenn

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is asking the public for its input on plans to create a new programme to assure the availability of high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel - needed for the demonstration and commercial deployment of advanced reactors - in the USA. Meanwhile, Centrus is working with Clean Core Thorium Energy on advanced fuel using HALEU and thorium.

Date: Thursday, 16 December 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/USA-builds-HALEU-supply-chain

The US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) have announced the completion of a multi-year campaign to repatriate 161kg of highly enriched uranium (HEU) liquid target residue material from Chalk River Laboratories in Ontario, Canada, to the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina.

Date: Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrepatriation-of-heu-from-canada-to-usa-8458729

A campaign to move used highly enriched uranium (HEU) fuel from Canada to the USA, which began in 2015, has been completed a year ahead of schedule, the US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) have announced.

Date: Friday, 14 February 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Canada,-USA-complete-used-fuel-return

This week, delegates met at a meeting organised by the European Nuclear Society and the International Atomic Energy Agency to discuss the type of fuel used in research reactors and how to manage the ageing facilities.

Date: Friday, 26 March 2010
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-focuses-on-fuelling-of-research-reactors-