Cardinal Conversation: A new kind of nuclear fuel

RADIO IQ | By Fred Echols

Published April 27, 2026 at 4:47 AM EDT

A Lynchburg company is heavily involved in work on a new kind of nuclear fuel and the reactors that would use it.

BWXT is scaling up its development of tri-structural isotropic fuel – also known as TRISO fuel – to go along with its micro-reactor program.

Cardinal News reporter Matt Busse has written about the project and he spoke with Fred Echols.

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