Skip to main content

Alert

Due to a lapse in appropriations, the NRC has ceased normal operations. However, excepted and exempted activities necessary to maintain critical health and safety functions—as well as essential progress on designated critical activities, including those specified in Executive Order 14300—will continue, consistent with the OMB-Approved NRC Lapse Plan.

Navigation

Spotlight

New Fuels Licensing Activities

The table below provides a list of projects with new fuels related licensing actions for the front and back end of the nuclear fuel cycle. While a project may be listed once, it is important to note that there may have been multiple actions taken related to new fuel activities.

ORGANIZATION ENRICHMENT FACILITIES ATF1 ARF2 IE3
URENCO-USA Louisiana Energy Services     X
American Centrifuge Operating LLC (Centrus Energy Corp) American Centrifuge Plant     X
  FABRICATION FACILITES      
GNF-A Wilmington, NC     X*
TRISO-X, LLC (X-Energy) TRISO-X Facility   X* X*
  TRANSPORTATION PACKAGES4      
Orano-NCS DN30-X     X
Framatome MAP-12, MAP-13 X   X
Framatome TN-B1 X   X*
GE-Hitachi GE2000 X    
GNF-A RAJ-II     X*
NAC Optimus-L   X X
TN Americas, LLC Versa-Pac   X X
Westinghouse Traveller X   X

1ATF (Accident Tolerant Fuels): Associated with accident tolerant fuel technologies including doped pellets and coated cladding but does not include items enriched greater than 5 weight percent U-235.

2 ARF (Advanced Reactor Fuels): Associated with non-light water reactor fuels including TRISO.

3 IE (Increased Enrichment): Associated with high-assay low-enriched uranium enrichments between 5 and 20 weight percent U-235.

4 Current new fuels transportation packages are for unirradiated material.

*Current action is under review.

Page Last Reviewed/Updated Tuesday, October 08, 2024

Page Last Reviewed/Updated Tuesday, October 08, 2024