MIT news - Validation
IBC ADVANCED ALLOYS PROVIDES UPDATE ON BERYLLIUM OXIDE R&D
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has completed its initial review and delivered a fuel performance report validating the feasibility of IBC Advanced Alloys Corp.'s patented beryllium oxide (BeO) nuclear fuel technology combined with Ceramic Tubular Products LLC (CTP) silicon carbide cladding. As reported in June, 2012, IBC entered into a sponsored research agreement with MIT to analyze the performance of the BeO enhanced fuel and how it would perform with the addition of silicon carbide (SiC) cladding.