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The Haleu Race: Why The US Needs Advanced Nuclear Fuel And The Hurdles That Remain

By NucNet Staff Writer
4 November 2025

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The Haleu Race: Why The US Needs Advanced Nuclear Fuel And The Hurdles That Remain
A Triso fuel particle cross-section. Triso is part of the advanced nuclear fuels the US is working to commercialise for next-generation reactors. Image courtesy DOE.
The world’s next-generation nuclear plants depend on new technologies that are revolutionising the way reactors operate and the fuel that goes inside them. Haleu – or high-assay low-enriched uranium – is emerging into the spotlight of the US’s nuclear revival.

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