WEATHERNUTHAVEN Fuel TRISO-X Secures First-Ever NRC Category II License for Commercial Advanced Nuclear Fuel Fabrication

TRISO-X Secures First-Ever NRC Category II License for Commercial Advanced Nuclear Fuel Fabrication

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In a milestone for the U.S. nuclear fuel cycle, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Feb. 13 issued its first approval of a commercial Category II nuclear fuel fabrication facility, granting a license to TRISO-X, a wholly owned subsidiary of X-energy, which allows the company to fabricate commercial tristructural isotropic (TRISO) fuel using high-assay low-enriched […]

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Vertical construction at TRISO-X’s TX-1 fuel fabrication facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, began Nov. 17, 2025. On Feb. 13, 2026, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the first-ever U.S. approval of a Category II fuel fabrication facility for the project. Courtesy: X-energy

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