Fuel
NUCLEAR FUEL TO POWER NUCLEAR REACTORS
Nuclear reactors, like any engine, need fuel to run. When fueled, they tap into the incredible power of the atomic nucleus, converting mass to energy. But this fuel is no ordinary material; it’s a sophisticated, precision-engineered system. Transforming uranium into usable nuclear fuel is as complex as turning sand into microchips.
At Standard Nuclear, we convert uranium into the most advanced forms of nuclear fuel.
The Fuel Supply Chain
Extracted from natural deposits, one gram of uranium can deliver the same energy as three tons of coal. The uranium journeys through the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle before it is ready to unleash its energy inside a nuclear reactor.
MINING & MILLING
Extracting uranium from natural deposits
Conversion
Chemically transforming uranium concentrate solids into gas
Enrichment
Concentrating select uranium isotopes often by spinning the gas really fast
Deconversion
Chemically transforming the gas back to a solid
fuel fabrication
A series of complex chemical and physical processes to turn the solid uranium feedstock into useable nuclear fuel. Akin to going from raw silicon ingots to chips.
Standard Nuclear is producing America’s advanced nuclear fuel at industrial scale.
