Lightbridge enters CRADA task with Idaho National Lab to run fuel rodlet irradiation tests in ATR loop facility - LTBR News | RalliesLightbridge enters CRADA task with Idaho National Lab to run fuel rodlet irradiation tests in ATR loop facility
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LTBR• CRADA task secures access to ATR loop facility
- Lightbridge entered Project Task Statement No. 2 under its CRADA with Idaho National Laboratory operator Battelle Energy Alliance.
- Deal secures access to the Advanced Test Reactor loop facility to irradiate clad Lightbridge Fuel rodlets under commercial reactor-like conditions.
- Program targets irradiation data needed for regulatory review and utility adoption of the fuel in existing light-water reactors.
- Scope covers design through irradiation and material disposition, with an expected performance period of about 60 months.
- Test includes enriched uranium-zirconium alloy rodlets with cladding in cylindrical and multi-lobe geometries.
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