First-of-its-kind 3D printed nuclear fuel component to enter use : Uranium & Fuel - World Nuclear News

First-of-its-kind 3D printed nuclear fuel component to enter use : Uranium & Fuel - World Nuclear News: Framatome has announced that 3D-printed fuel assembly channel fasteners manufactured at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in a joint project with Tennessee Valley Authority are to be loaded into a US commercial reactor for the first time. The project is part of the laboratory's Transformational Challenge Reactor programme. The four components will be loaded into TVA's Browns Ferry nuclear power plant in early 2021.