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Fuel / US BWX Technologies To Restart And Expand TRISO Production Line

By Kamen Kraev
3 October 2019

US BWX Technologies To Restart And Expand TRISO Production Line
Individual TRISO fuel particles at 100um scale. Image courtesy Idaho National Laboratory.
Virginia-based BWX Technologies (BWXT) is working to restart its TRISO (tri iso-structural) nuclear fuel production line and is planning to expand its capacity within the next year, a statement by the company said.The statement said the expansion of the existing TRISO fuel production capability will position the company to meet new demands by customers, including the US Department of Defense microreactors, space reactors, and civil advanced reactors.

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