Ultra Safe Nuclear Opens Salt Lake City Facility to Support Development of Fully Ceramic Micro-encapsulated Fuel
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Tuesday, September 1, 2020
SEATTLE, Sept. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S.-based, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation ( USNC ) has established a new facility in Salt Lake City to support the development of the company's proprietary Fully Ceramic Micro-encapsulated (FCM) fuel.Materials developed at the new facility will be used in Ultra Safe Nuclear's Micro-Modular Reactors (MMR) and other nuclear reactors, including gas-cooled reactors, light water reactors, CANDU reactors, and molten salt cooled reactors.
Key Points:
- SEATTLE, Sept. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S.-based, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation ( USNC ) has established a new facility in Salt Lake City to support the development of the company's proprietary Fully Ceramic Micro-encapsulated (FCM) fuel.Materials developed at the new facility will be used in Ultra Safe Nuclear's Micro-Modular Reactors (MMR) and other nuclear reactors, including gas-cooled reactors, light water reactors, CANDU reactors, and molten salt cooled reactors.
- Salt Lake City was selected as the Ultra Safe Nuclear fuel-development site because of the region's well-established infrastructure, knowledgeable workforce, and status as a technology growth hub.
- The Salt Lake City Lab augments Ultra Safe's materials development efforts at the University of Tennessee Knoxville and collaborations with the Chalk River Laboratories.
- "Establishing the new advanced materials facility in Salt Lake City will help expedite development and adoption of FCM fuel."