b'Figure 1. GE ATF2020 Activities.modification of the current urania fuelC26M as well as non-fueled segments to make it more resistant to fragmenta- of Advanced Powder Metallurgy tion in the case of an accident or forTubing(APMT) and Nippon Nuclear extended burn up conditions. GE isFuel Development (NFD) Oxide also concurrently working on higherDispersion Strengthened (ODS) clad-235U fuel enrichment and higher fuelding. burn-up concepts. (2) Southern Nuclear announced that Accomplishments: the worlds first installed ATF lead test The two largest accomplishments forrods have successfully completed a the FY2020 were; (1) The insertion24-month fuel cycle at the Edwin I. of GE ATF fueled concepts into ExelonHatch Nuclear Plant marking a signifi-Generations Clinton Unit 1 Cyclecant milestone in the continued devel-20 Nuclear Power Station in Octoberopment of advanced fuel. Resulting 2019 (Figure 1.), and (2) The Pool- data from this achievement will side inspection of first ATF conceptsinform the advancement of a ground-inserted into a commercial powerbreaking technology designed to station at Hatch #1 in February 2020increase plant performance and build (Figure 2.).upon an already robust margin of (1) The GE ATF concepts inserted intoplant safety. During a planned mainte-Clinton NPP included segmented fullnance and refueling outage, operators length rods which comprised fueledtransferred a sampling of the GE GNF and non-fueled segments or ARMORlead test rods from Plant Hatch Unit coated Zircaloy-2 and IronClad1 to the spent fuel pool and have completed an initial inspection of 2020|AFC ACCOMPLISHMENTS 31'