Smart Nuclear Materials
Advanced nuclear fuel technologyEngineered nuclear fuel materials that transform transuranic waste and Radium-226 into usable fuel and modify the reactions inside a reactor to enable a hybrid fission-fusion process.
- Converts transuranic nuclear waste into usable reactor fuel
- Uses Radium-226, a previously restricted material, as a feedstock
- Enables a hybrid fission-fusion reaction pathway
- Aimed at improved reactor control, safety and efficiency