{"id":8126,"date":"2024-04-02T14:21:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T08:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalvani.com\/en\/?p=8126"},"modified":"2024-04-02T14:21:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T08:51:40","slug":"aneel-fuel-irradiation-begins-in-the-advanced-test-reactor-at-idaho-national-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalvani.com\/en\/aneel-fuel-irradiation-begins-in-the-advanced-test-reactor-at-idaho-national-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"ANEEL Fuel Irradiation Begins in the Advanced Test Reactor at Idaho National Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"natio-before-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\" id=\"natio-541282482\"><style>\r\n.ad {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\nmargin: 0 auto 12px;\r\nwidth: 100%;\r\nmax-width: 640px;\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n<!-- <img class=\"ad\" src=\"\" alt=\"Ad\" \/> -->\r\n<img class=\"ad\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ad-GaneshJoshi.jpg\" alt=\"Ad\" \/>\r\n<img class=\"ad\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ad-NagarPalikaTehri.jpeg\" alt=\"Ad\" \/>\r\n<img class=\"ad\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalvani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ad-NagarNigamRishikesh.jpeg\" alt=\"Ad\" \/>\r\n<\/div><section>\n<article>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"center\"><em>News Source : GLOBE NEWSWIRE\/<span class=\"qu\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"gridcell\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"gD\" data-hovercard-id=\"noreply2@globenewswire.com\" data-hovercard-owner-id=\"116\">Clean Core Thorium Energy<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"center\"><strong><em>ANEEL\u2122 fuel experiment capsules (CCTE-ANEEL-1A) being staged\u00a0at Advanced Test Reactor<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CHICAGO\u00a0 : Clean Core Thorium Energy (Clean Core) announced today that the accelerated irradiation testing and qualification of their patented ANEEL\u2122 Fuel is set to begin in the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The fuel, made of thorium and high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU), was developed by Clean Core for use in pressurized heavy water reactors (PHWRs) and Canada deuterium uranium (CANDU) reactors. Its insertion into one of the US government\u2019s premier material testing facilities represents a key milestone in the company\u2019s multi-year, multimillion-dollar joint effort with the US Department of Energy (DOE) to design, fabricate, and assemble the irradiation experiment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2022, Clean Core signed a Strategic Partnership Project Agreement with INL to design and execute an irradiation experiment in ATR to demonstrate and assess the performance of Clean Core\u2019s innovative Advanced Nuclear Energy for Enriched Life (ANEEL\u2122) fuel. As part of the agreement, INL received over 300 ANEEL\u2122 fuel pellets fabricated by Texas A&amp;M University\u2019s Department of Nuclear Engineering under INL\u2019s quality assurance requirements. Upon receipt, INL developed the irradiation test plan, performed pre-irradiation characterization of the fuel pellets, designed and fabricated the experiment hardware and test trains, assembled the test trains, and finally inserted the experiment into the ATR.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The CCTE-ANEEL-1A irradiation experiment will target levels of high-burnup which are currently unreachable by traditional CANDU and PHWR fuels in order to demonstrate the potential of the ANEEL\u2122 fuel. This fuel has the capability to realize significantly improved performance within existing and proven heavy water systems by leveraging thorium\u2019s inherently superior nuclear-thermal and physical properties. The resulting benefits include decreased life-cycle operating costs, reduced high-level waste volumes, increased safety margins, and proliferation resistance. \u201cWe are pleased to be partnering with private sector companies, such as Clean Core, to apply INL\u2019s unique expertise and capabilities in advanced fuels development and qualification to enable global U.S. leadership in nuclear energy,\u201d said Dr. Jess Gehin, Associate Lab Director for INL\u2019s Nuclear Science and Technology Directorate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_Nbc7AwmWGp_ckJJl_cEfQpw6Mgaia20jw1vhS04_b9hVP7ZBBdeSjqfx11La8Ntt7TyhrUkXN6XSSUiNkQdBgcOKT46cczu54AXZXLGh7v5udjw-wqvzaeEzQ8bYm62Lk-Dk4lquiPJkl160KazUMF9OawiYNJL1iM-8N36=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/Resource\/Download\/df90b8bb-adb8-4f05-90c0-026741e80cd6\/senior-team-inl.jpg\" alt=\"Senior Team INL\" width=\"600\" height=\"406\" name=\"m_-4733678979956686913_GNW_RichHtml_External_IMG\" data-bit=\"iit\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"center\"><strong><em>Clean Core team with INL senior management (left to right): Milan Shah, Jess Gehin, Mehul Shah, Paul Chan, Steven Hayes, and Simon Pimblott<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"left\">\u201cIrradiating homogeneously blended thorium and uranium oxide in ATR is a first-of-a kind experiment for INL and the US DOE. We are excited to see the potential of the ANEEL fuel technology and what the future of this technology holds.\u201d added Dr. Michael Worrall, a nuclear engineer at INL and Principal Investigator for the CCTE-ANEEL-1A experiment.\u00a0\u201cClean Core is focused on the efficient development and deployment of the ANEEL fuel in\u00a0heavy water reactors, without any modifications to the fuel bundle geometry or the reactor. Given the advanced reactor benefits achieved, this fuel can play an important role in meeting the immediate need for clean base-load power globally,\u201d says Mehul Shah, CEO and Founder of\u00a0Clean Core. \u201cThe urgency of realizing such a vision becomes even more critical as time is lost in the face of an accelerating climate crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Irradiation of the CCTE-ANEEL-1A experiment in the ATR will begin in April 2024 to achieve burnup targets of up to 60 GWd\/T. As each planned burn-up target is achieved, the test capsules containing irradiated ANEEL\u2122 pellets will be sent to INL\u2019s Materials and Fuels Complex for destructive and non-destructive post-irradiation examination (PIE).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"center\"><strong><em>Clean Core management team and INL project team in front of the Advanced Test Reactor<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About Clean Core Thorium Energy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Clean Core Thorium Energy is a nuclear fuel company exploring thorium-driven nuclear innovations. Clean Core\u2019s patented nuclear fuel technology (called the ANEEL\u2122 fuel) is comprised of thorium and high assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) and is capable of improving the safety and cost-efficiency of pressurized heavy-water reactors. The ANEEL\u2122 fuel is a novel solution to safety, waste, and proliferation concerns in today\u2019s nuclear plants. 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