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US / INL To Provide HALEU Fuel To Oklo For Microreactor Development Project

By Mattia Baldoni
25 February 2020

INL To Provide HALEU Fuel To Oklo For Microreactor Development Project
A rendering of the Aurora energy plant – comprising a small reactor with integrated solar panels. Image courtesy Oklo.
US-based Oklo will receive access to high-assay, low-enriched uranium (Haleu) nuclear fuel from Idaho National Laboratory (INL) for use in the development of its Aurora microreactor project, a statement by the lab said.Haleu fuel is based on down blended uranium-235 recovered from used fuel and has an enrichment level between 5% and 20%.

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