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Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Accident-Tolerant Test Assemblies Loaded At Clinton Plant :: The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency

Accident-Tolerant Test Assemblies Loaded At Clinton Plant :: The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency: US-based Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) announced it has loaded test fuel assemblies using its accident-tolerant technology at Exelon’s single-unit Clinton nuclear power station in Illinois.



GNF said the lead test assemblies used the ARMOR-coated zirconium cladding and three varieties of its IronClad technology. They are the first fuelled ferritic steel-based cladding assemblies to be installed in a commercial reactor.

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