b'Figure 4. Sensor frequency tracks internal thermocouple and reactor powerEnCore Fuel Takes the Next Stepphysical property data for UN and towards Regulatory ApprovalsADOPT pellets to support licensing (westinghousenuclear.com). Plans areas well as UN powder and pellets for on-going to ship more rods to INLtesting.following agreement with the state ofAL completed evaluation of methods Idaho in 2022 for Transient Reactor Testfor 15N enrichment and concluded Facility (TREAT) and ramp testing. that it appears feasible to provide 15N Synthesis of the dense UN pelletsat economically acceptable costs. GA is with controlled microstructure bycontinuing development of their SiGA spark plasma sintering (SPS), and theclad fuel. End plug joining (Figure 3) establishment of the physical density,and the scaleup to 14-foot rods are pellet consolidationmaterialsbeing addressed.GA is also pursuing processing conditions includingrodlet insertions at the ATR with Mo sintering temperature, duration andpellets with liquid metal bonding after pressure was completed at Rennselaerthe Core Internals Change-out (CIC) is Polytechnic Institute and the effectscompleted at ATR in early 2022.of pellet density on oxidation on-setIntegral fuel rod temperature temperature and rate were evaluated atsensors were successfully tested at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mini-fuel UN tests in the BR-2 reactorReactor (MITR) and found to in Belgium are being planned foraccurately track the in-rod temperatures late 2021 or early 2022. Los Alamosat reactor conditions (Figure 4).National Laboratory is generating 2021|AFC ACCOMPLISHMENTS 97'