The United States Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy reported earlier this month that the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) have successfully fabricated test capsules for use in future advanced reactors.
The project reportedly supports a larger efforts between the two countries to share nuclear energy user facility resources to advance civilian nuclear energy technologies.
It was also reported that the capsules will undergo irradiation testing later this year at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
The UK research team assembled eight capsules at the UK Atomic Energy Authority Culham Campus in Abingdon after the experimental design was finalized at INL.
Capsules for
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Fabricate First Capsules for
Advanced Reactor
Materials Testing