Clean Core Thorium Energy announced that the Texas A&M has successfully fabricated the first fuel pellets of Clean Core’s proprietary advanced nuclear fuel technology in partnership with the Idaho National Laboratory.
The Chicago, US-based company said its Advanced Nuclear Energy for Enriched Life (Aneel) fuel technology uses a combination of thorium and high assay low-enriched uranium (Haleu) for a much-improved fuel performance in Candu reactors and in other pressurised heavy-water reactor (PHWR) designs.
The Chicago, US-based company said its Advanced Nuclear Energy for Enriched Life (Aneel) fuel technology uses a combination of thorium and high assay low-enriched uranium (Haleu) for a much-improved fuel performance in Candu reactors and in other pressurised heavy-water reactor (PHWR) designs.
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