Standard Nuclear Selected by ARPA-E to Develop TRISO Fuel from Recycled Transuranic Material
Business Wire•02/11/2026•08:00 ET
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Key Highlights
- ➤Standard Nuclear (STDN) selected for approximately $7 million ARPA-E HORNIG funding
- ➤MCO project targets TRISO fuel using recycled transuranic and uranium feedstocks
- ➤Project aims to create a HALEU alternative while reducing commercial spent fuel stockpiles
- ➤Standard Nuclear leads project with fusion company SHINE Technologies
- ➤ARPA-E selected eight projects for up to $50 million under HORNIG
Expert Statements
Kurt Terrani, President and Chief Executive Officer of Standard Nuclear
“Recycled transuranic material still holds a great deal of usable energy, and TRISO is a fuel form well suited to harness it.”
Kurt Terrani, President and Chief Executive Officer of Standard Nuclear
“With ARPA-E's support, we will work to develop the scalable fabrication methods to turn this valuable feedstock into particle fuel, giving developers of advanced or existing reactors a domestic source of fuel made from recycled feedstock.”
Standard Nuclear Selected by ARPA-E to Develop TRISO Fuel from Recycled Transuranic Material
Approximately $7 million in funding under the HORNIG program supports particle fuel for high-temperature gas reactors made from recycled nuclear materials
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