The Fuel Manufacturing Facility (FMF) is a nuclear facility that consists of multiple workrooms and a material storage vault. This facility complements a host of capabilities within the Materials and Fuels Complex at Idaho National Laboratory, the nation's lead nuclear energy research lab.
FMF was constructed in 1986 for the purpose of housing binary (i.e., uranium and zirconium) fuel and its associated equipment to fabricate the driver fuel for the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II). With the shutdown of the EBR-II reactor, this equipment was removed and the focus at FMF transitioned to research and development (R&D) of transuranic metallic and ceramic fuels. Additionally, the material storage vault contains and supplies various INL and off-site facilities with feedstock materials.
Transuranic metallic and ceramic fuels development
Transuranic and enriched uranium materials storage
Transuranic and enriched-uranium feedstock production, purification, and breakouts
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