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Fuel breakthrough paves way for cutting-edge nuclear reactor | Using a new process, a team has developed a new way of processing fuel efficiently for cutting-edge molten salt reactors.
The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has cleared a major hurdle in making a Generation IV nuclear reactor practical. Using a new process, a team has developed a new way of processing fuel efficiently for cutting-edge molten salt reactors.
One of the big pushes in the effort to spark a 21st century renaissance in nuclear power is the development of new reactor designs that only a couple of decades ago were experimental with only a limited prospect of ever becoming practical. According to INL, the next step is to produce five more batches by October 2025 to demonstrate the potential for full-scale production of the enriched nuclear fuel and to charge the MCRE for its first reactor experiments. "We started out wasting too much of the uranium metal we have access to, and we would not be able to make enough fuel salt for the reactor to go critical," said Nick Smith, MCRE project director.
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