Year One Summary of X-energy Pebble Fuel Development at ORNL

Helmreich, Grant W.; Hunn, John D.; McMurray, Jake W.; Hunt, Rodney D.; Jolly, Brian; Trammell, Michael; Brown, Daniel R.; Blamer, Brandon J.; Reif, T.J.; Kim, Howard T.

doi:10.2172/1376502

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“…Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) partnered with X-energy in 2016 to support X-energy's Pebble Bed Advanced Reactor project, which preceded the Xe-100 design (Helmreich, et al, 2017). The study was divided into four working groups: kernel fabrication, TRISO coating, pebble fabrication, and characterization.…”

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“…This led to X-energy developing its proprietary fuel, TRISO-X, for commercial sale. The expertise and knowledge gained by X-energy through ORNL was instrumental to the development of their own pebble-bed SMR, the Xe-100 (Helmreich, et al, 2017). Currently, X-energy also operates a TRISO-X fuel fabrication pilot line at ORNL and reported full production sized fabrication equipment (Patel, 2021).…”

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“…At this time, X-Energy is considering two pathways for pebble pressing: isostatic and quasi-isostatic (Helmreich, et al, 2017). Isostatic pressing is the more direct method of the two where a rigid mold is employed under high pressure from a hydraulic press to form the spheres.…”

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