A look inside a lab making the advanced fuel to power growing US nuclear energy ambitions
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A laboratory worker holds a cross section of TRISO fuel Friday, June 27, 2025, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)Dan Brown, vice president of fuel development for X-energy's subsidiary TRISO-X, demonstrates how liquid uranium is used to create TRISO fuel, Friday, June 27, 2025, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)Construction continues at the TRISO-X energy fuel fabrication facility Friday, June 27, 2025, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)Construction continues at the TRISO-X energy fuel fabrication facility Friday, June 27, 2025, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)Taylor Duffin, of TRISO-X, a subsidiary of X-Energy, looks at a sample of TRISO fuel through a microscope Friday, June 27, 2025, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)Uranium kernels wrapped in three alternating layers of pyrolytic carbon and silicon carbide used for the manufacture of TRISO fuel are visible on Friday, June 27, 2025, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)A TRISO fuel cell is measured Friday, June 27, 2025, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)A cross section of TRISO fuel is visible Friday, June 27, 2025, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)Tyler Gerczak, left, of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Dan Brown, right, of TRISO-X a subsidiary of X-Energy, describe the method of manufacturing TRISO fuel in a laboratory Friday, June 27, 2025, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)The Atlas-1, used for creating TRISO fuel is visible Friday, June 27, 2025, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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A laboratory worker holds a cross section of TRISO fuel Friday, June 27, 2025, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
