Burnup is a way to measure how much uranium is burned in the reactor. It is the amount of energy produced by the uranium. Burnup is expressed in gigawatt-days per metric ton of uranium (GWd/MTU).

Idaho National Laboratory has conducted transient tests on high burn-up fuel to improve nuclear plant performance and reduce ...

The incremental burnup approval also represents a milestone for the Encore Accident Tolerant Fuel Program, an initiative started in 2012 and funded by the Department of Energy, aimed at increasing ...

High-burnup fuel rods, manufactured by GE Vernova’s Nuclear Fuel business, Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), have been delivered to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) ...

A team of nuclear scientist from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Nuclear Power Institute of China reported that their methods — filter burnup, single-energy burnup, and burnup extremum ...

Achievement of over 20 GWd/MTU burnup: The rodlets reached a burnup of over 20 GWd/MTU, proving ANEEL™ fuel's ability to sustain higher energy production for longer durations.

The incremental burnup approval represents a key milestone for the Encore® Accident Tolerant Fuel Program, an initiative started in 2012 and funded by the Department of Energy, ...

Clean Core Achieves Historic Burnup Milestone with its Thorium Fuel at US National Lab First-of-its-kind, thorium-based ANEEL™ fuel moves a step closer to commercialization GlobeNewswire ...

Higher burnup fuel is designed to remain in the reactor core for longer periods of time before it is removed for long-term storage, leading to fewer refuelling outages, increased power output for ...

Achievement of over 20 GWd/MTU burnup: The rodlets reached a burnup of over 20 GWd/MTU, proving ANEEL™ fuel's ability to sustain higher energy production for longer durations.