Nuclear Regulatory Commission Accepts TRISO-X's Application for First-of-a-Kind Fuel Fabrication Facility

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Dec 15, 2022

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the “NRC”) has accepted an application from TRISO-X LLC (“TRISO-X”), a wholly owned subsidiary of X-Energy Reactor Company, LLC (“X-energy”), for the first-ever fuel fabrication facility focusing on the use of high-assay low-enriched uranium (“HALEU”). The NRC’s decision to review TRISO-X’s application is an important step in bringing North America’s first commercial-scale advanced nuclear fuel facility, which will be located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.