Framatome inaugurates a chromium-coating facility for accident-tolerant fuel
From the Energy digest for Oct 30, 2026
What happened: Framatome has inaugurated a chromium-coating industrial pilot facility dedicated to the industrialisation of its PROtect Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel technology at its manufacturing plant in Paimboeuf in western France.
What's genuinely new: The fuel-technology side of the industrial base gains a dedicated, now-operational pilot facility — PROtect accident-tolerant fuel moves from programme language to a physical coating line at an existing manufacturing plant.
Watch: Coating output and qualification progress, and where PROtect fuel gets its first fleet deployments.
Links: World Nuclear News · Oct 30, 11:01 AM ET