BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TerraPower announced today an agreement with Framatome North America to fund the creation of a high assay low enriched uranium (HALEU) metallization pilot plant in Washington. This pilot plant will demonstrate Framatome’s capability to metallize HALEU from a uranium oxide form, and further advance TerraPower’s efforts to support the development of the domestic HALEU supply chain.
Metallization of HALEU is a crucial part of the deconversion process which allows uranium to transform into a metal that is then used to fabricate fuel rods for advanced reactors....
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