Framatome’s PROtect fuel to be tested in French reactor

Framatome has signed a collaboration agreement with EDF to test its PROtect Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel (EATF) technology. Under the agreement, four lead fuel assemblies will be loaded into one of EDF’s French reactors by the end of this year. These lead fuel assemblies will be manufactured in Framatome facilities in France. It said the results obtained during the EDF irradiation campaign will serve to confirm the performance of this technology in a French reactor and support the final approval from the French nuclear safety regulator, the Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire.