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SA’s First Nuclear Fuel
South African based nuclear
design company, Pebble Bed
Modular Reactor (PBMR), has
successfully manufactured a new
nuclear fuel particle based on
nearly a decade of research. The
PBMR fuel differs from
conventional nuclear fuel in
that the particle coating, which
forms a part of the fuel, acts
as the fission product barrier
as compared to conventional
nuclear fuel which uses a metal
barrier. The new uranium-dioxide
coated particles will form the
basis of a high temperature
reactor fuel, containing 9.6%
enriched uranium. The fuel
particles are currently
undergoing irradiation testing
at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
in the US.
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