Advanced nuclear reactors need a different type of uranium. Here’s 4 things to know
Questions about the fuel, called high-assay low-enriched uranium, remain
![Laboratory equipment used to produce high-assay low-enriched uranium.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/062724_ec_HALEU_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Nuclear engineers are making fuel for advanced nuclear reactors known as HALEU, using equipment at Idaho National Laboratory (shown).
Idaho National Laboratory