Framatome’s GAIA Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel Completes First-Ever Fuel Cycle
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Framatome’s GAIA Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel (EATF) technology recently completed its first 18-month fuel cycle at a nuclear power plant in the United States. This milestone marks the first time a full-length EATF concept with both pellets and cladding completed a fuel cycle in a reactor.