HALEU Energy Fuel Inc., a subsidiary of NANO Nuclear Energy Inc., is focused on the development and manufacture of High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) for its reactors, and other SMR and microreactor companies. Given the current nuclear fuel landscape, HALEU Energy Fuel has identified major challenges for fueling its anticipated advanced portable microreactors and is looking to invest its resources into developing fabrication facilities to produce HALEU fuel suited for both its reactor operations, and other upcoming and emerging reactor companies.

What is HALEU?

High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium

HALEU is uranium that has been enriched so that the concentration of the fissile isotope U-235 is between 5 and 19.9 percent of the mass of the fuel (uranium-235 is the main fissile isotope that produces energy during a chain reaction.)

HALEU fuel has many advantages that improve reactor performance and is required for most U.S. advanced reactors to achieve smaller designs that get more power per unit of volume. HALEU will also allow developers to optimize their systems for longer life cores, increased efficiencies and better fuel utilization.

Developing Advanced Reactors

More than 20 U.S. companies are developing advanced reactors that will change the way we think about the nuclear industry. The majority of these designs will require a fuel that isn’t yet available at a commercial scale. These companies can’t bring their reactors to life without HALEU!