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BWXT makes progress on TRISO production restart

May 4, 2020, 4:38PMNuclear News

BWX Technologies has announced the successful formation and sintering of uranium oxycarbide (UCO) fuel kernels that, once coated, will make up the fissile core of TRISO (tristructural isotropic) fuel particles. With that process demonstrated, BWXT has shifted the focus of its TRISO production restart to bringing two more furnaces online—an additional sintering furnace, used to apply heat and pressure to a solid fuel kernel, and a coating furnace.

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BWXT Canada awarded major contracts for 2 OPG plants

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BWXT makes progress on TRISO production restart

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