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Speakers mostly support TRISO-X fuel facility at meeting

Posted at 2:30 pm January 27, 2023
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

TRISO-X has proposed a nuclear fuel fabrication facility on 110 acres at Horizon Center in west Oak Ridge. (Photo from TRISO-X environmental report to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)

A small group of residents who spoke at a public meeting on Wednesday were mostly supportive of a proposed nuclear fuel facility in west Oak Ridge. None of the seven local speakers opposed the project, but they had some suggestions for what the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission should consider as it prepares an environmental impact statement. That was the type of input the NRC had requested.

The nuclear fuel facility would be the first manufacturing facility of its type in the United States. It has been proposed by TRISO-X, and it would be on 110 acres at Horizon Center. The coated particle uranium fuel produced there could be used in new types of nuclear reactors such as small modular reactors.

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Filed Under: Business, Business, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Premium Content, Roane County, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: City of Oak Ridge, David Wilson, East Tennessee Economic Council, EIS, environmental impact statement, HALEU, high-assay low-enriched uranium, Horizon Center, Mark Watson, Matt Bartlett, Michael Russell, NRC, nuclear fuel facility, nuclear material license, nuclear power, nuclear reactor, Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board, public comment, Steve Mead, Tracy Boatner, TRISO-X, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, uranium fuel, X-energy

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