Department acknowledges need for a fast-spectrum test reactor, which U.S. nuclear energy developers support BY JACQUELINE TOTH (Morning Consult) March 1, 2019 The national laboratories will be moving forward with development of a conceptual design for a versatile test reactor, after the Energy Department determined there is a need for a research reactor in the United States with fast-spectrum irradiation capabilities to help test advanced nuclear fuels, sensors and other equipment… David Blee, president and chief executive of the U.S. Nuclear Industry Council, said Thursday that the move is “vitally important to the next wave of advanced nuclear,” especially for the developers working on advanced materials and other attributes…
