Programmes and agreements / prg-trisox-ornl-research-2026
TRISO-X–ORNL fuel-research agreement extension
TRISO-X announced a 30-month extension of its ORNL cooperative research relationship, continuing its existing pilot facility and work on fuel-fabrication quality, yield and characterization. This research aims to develop manufacturing processes. It establishes no delivered commercial fuel, completed fuel qualification or reactor order.
- Type
- Research programme
- Countries concerned
- United States
- Participants and roles
- Developer or vendor: TRISO-X, LLC
- Research: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Designs named
- Xe-100
- Scale as stated
- 30-month research agreement. Continued pilot-facility work, no reactor order
- Announced or first reported
- 11 Aug 2026
- Recorded status
- Active
The August 2026 release reports a research extension and continued ORNL pilot operations. No completed commercial fuel qualification or reactor permission is established. Read the source dates: this does not confirm continuing activity today. - Confidence
- medium
- Record reviewed
- 2026-10-17 (record review date, not proof of current activity)
Related deployment projects
- No related deployment project is recorded here.
Sources
- TRISO-X: ORNL fuel-research agreement extension (company_primary, published 11 Aug 2026, accessed 2026-10-17)