newcleo opens a nuclear-fuel engineering and testing center in France
The roughly €10 million FASTER center in Chusclan will develop and test processes and equipment for future MOX production in a non-nuclear environment.
Event / data period: 2026-10-14
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newcleo said on October 14 that it had opened FASTER, a fuel engineering, testing and training center in Chusclan, France. The company said it invested about €10 million and that seven test facilities were operating at the site. They cover manufacturing stages such as powder dosing, pellet pressing, fuel-pin assembly and quality inspection.
FASTER is a non-nuclear environment for testing prototypes and manufacturing processes. It is separate from future MOX fuel plants: the proposed factory in Aube remains in development and licensing, with a construction-license application planned.
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newcleo opens a nuclear-fuel engineering and testing center in France
The roughly €10 million FASTER center in Chusclan will develop and test processes and equipment for future MOX production in a non-nuclear environment.
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newcleo opens a nuclear-fuel engineering and testing center in France
The roughly €10 million FASTER center in Chusclan will develop and test processes and equipment for future MOX production in a non-nuclear environment.
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The roughly €10 million FASTER center in Chusclan will develop and test processes and equipment for future MOX production in a non-nuclear environment.
- Operating test facilities at FASTER
- 7 count
- 2026-10-14 · Observed
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The source reports seven operating facilities in FASTER’s non-nuclear test environment. The period is the report day; the count is not commercial MOX production capacity.
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