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BWXT briefs lawmakers on TRISO fuel, Project Pele and Wyoming supply‑chain potential
Summary
BWXT described its TRISO fuel capability, Project Pele microreactor work for the U.S. Department of Defense and early work to assess Wyoming suppliers and research partners for advanced fuel manufacturing.
Joshua Parker, senior director for Advanced Nuclear Fuels at BWXT, told the committee the company has a 165‑year history in boilers and reactors and has made naval reactors for more than seven decades. He described BWXT’s existing TRISO fuel capability at Lynchburg, Virginia, and its involvement in Project Pele, a Department of Defense microreactor program deploying a high‑temperature gas reactor prototype. "Project Pele... that reactor just began construction this past…
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