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Westinghouse submits AP1000 design revision to NRC
Yesterday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it has received an application from Westinghouse to renew and update the design certification (DC) for its AP1000 reactor. This application seeks to formally incorporate the lessons learned from the construction of Vogtle-3 and -4 into the design control document (DCD) of the AP1000.
This long-expected submittal builds on previous plans at both the NRC and Westinghouse for the future of gigawatt-scale light water reactor deployments in the United States.
E. J. Pitcher, C. T. Kelsey IV, S. A. Maloy
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 62 | Number 1 | July-August 2012 | Pages 289-294
Fusion Technology Facilities | Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, Part A: Fusion Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST62-289
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Los Alamos National Laboratory has completed the conceptual design of the Materials Test Station (MTS), an accelerator-driven neutron source for irradiating nuclear fuel and materials in a fast neutron spectrum. In many respects, the irradiation conditions in the MTS are quite similar to those experienced by the first wall of a fusion reactor. Calculated He-to-dpa (displacements per atom) ratios range from 35 down to 5 appm He/dpa, allowing for critical testing of helium effects on mechanical properties under fusion-relevant conditions. We present here a brief history on the assessment of spallation sources for fusion materials testing and discuss irradiation conditions in the MTS as they pertain to testing materials for fusion reactor applications. In particular, we examine the production of spallation residues in the MTS for the fusion reactor candidate alloy EUROFER97 and compare the concentrations of these transmutation elements to those predicted for a fusion reactor first wall. We show that predicted yields of phosphorous and sulfur in steel alloys irradiated to high dose in fusion-relevant regions of the MTS are below typical as-fabricated concentrations.