New Sensors Aim to Bring Real-Time Tracking to Nuclear Recycling

New sensors aim to bring real-time tracking to nuclear recycling

SHINE and GE Vernova are developing a system that could track nuclear material in real time as spent nuclear fuel moves through a recycling facility, with the goal of making the process cheaper and easier to manage. The project, led by GE Vernova’s Advanced Research Center and funded through the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), is focused on improving how nuclear material is measured and accounted for …

SHINE Joins GE Vernova-Led ARPA-E Project to Modernize Nuclear Material Accountability in Fuel Recycling - PressReach

JANESVILLE, Wis., Aug. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As U.S. nuclear fuel recycling moves toward commercial reality, SHINE, a fusion energy company with a platform serving the nuclear fuel recycling market, is working with GE Vernova on a project to develop a modernized and more efficient system to track spent fuel throughout the recycling process. Led by GE Vernova’s Advanced Research Center, the company’s central technology development hub, the pro…