Last year, a private-public collaboration initiated tests for a novel nuclear fuel with big promises: reduced nuclear waste and enhanced performance for pressurized heavy water reactors. The results are now in, and, impressively, they indicate this new recipe could deliver on its promises. In a statement released earlier this week, the energy company Clean Core Thorium Energy (CCTE) announced the completion of a two-year test on the effectiveness of its patented fuel, Advanced Nuclear Energy for Enriched Life, or ANEEL for short. According to the tests, conducted at Idaho National Laboratory (INL)’s Advanced Test Reactor , ANEEL fuel produced more than eight times the typical discharge burnup of traditional pressurized heavy water reactors. The results pave the path forward for introducing more effective ways to sustain nuclear power, the company said. A hybrid recipe ANEEL is a combination of thorium and high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU).…