The UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency have signed a collaboration agreement on coated particle fuel, for use in high temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs). The coated particle fuel (CPF) – which is extra robust because each kernel of uranium is coated in four protective layers – is already being produced by the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) at its laboratory in Preston, in northwest England. But the aim of the collaboration is to learn from the experience … read more »
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