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Lightbridge enters CRADA task with Idaho National Lab to run fuel rodlet irradiation tests in ATR loop facility

PUBT·09/09/2026 11:08:28
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Lightbridge enters CRADA task with Idaho National Lab to run fuel rodlet irradiation tests in ATR loop facility
  • Lightbridge entered Project Task Statement No. 2 under its CRADA with Idaho National Laboratory operator Battelle Energy Alliance.
  • Deal secures access to the Advanced Test Reactor loop facility to irradiate clad Lightbridge Fuel rodlets under commercial reactor-like conditions.
  • Program targets irradiation data needed for regulatory review and utility adoption of the fuel in existing light-water reactors.
  • Scope covers design through irradiation and material disposition, with an expected performance period of about 60 months.
  • Test includes enriched uranium-zirconium alloy rodlets with cladding in cylindrical and multi-lobe geometries.


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