Manufacture of Thorium-Based Fuel Bundles

planned

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has signed an agreement with Clean Core Thorium Energy to manufacture demonstration irradiation bundles of ANEEL fuel, a thorium and high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel designed for use in pressurized heavy water reactors like Canada's CANDU fleet. The project includes manufacturing full-scale prototypic fuel bundles at Chalk River Laboratories, model validation, and a Phase-1 prelicensing vendor design review with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. The manufactured bundles will be used for demonstration irradiation testing at Idaho National Laboratory's Advanced Test Reactor to support future qualification and deployment.