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This study responds to a congressional mandate in the FY2020 Appropriations Act's Conference Report in the subsection titled “Used Nuclear Fuel Disposition R&D," which calls for the Academies to ...
High-burnup fuel rods, manufactured by GE Vernova’s Nuclear Fuel business, Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), have been delivered to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) ...
A Russian energy firm has started the operation of fifth-generation nuclear fuel assemblies, which have been loaded into the VVER-1200 reactor core of Novovoronezh. The process performed at Rosatom ...
If artificial intelligence (AI) and data centers are the engines driving the revival of nuclear energy, nuclear fuel is its centerpiece. The United States requires—but does not have—an adequate and ...
Czech utility ČEZ is investing CZK 7.8bn to modernise the Temelín and Dukovany nuclear plants, enhancing efficiency and ...
With 58 nuclear power reactors producing nearly 72% of France’s electricity in 2018, France is one of the countries with the highest share of nuclear power in its energy production. Along with this ...
On Nov. 17, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) proposed a draft voluntary agreement under Section 708 of the Defense Production Act (DPA) to establish the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Consortium. (DOE-HQ-2025 ...
As global nuclear ambitions surge, the industry’s fuel supply chain faces critical gaps. Can advanced fuels like HALEU (high-assay low-enriched uranium) and TRISO (TRi-structural ISOtropic particle ...