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Panelists discuss U.S. path to criticality in ANS webinar
The American Nuclear Society recently hosted a panel discussion featuring prominent figures from the nuclear sector who discussed the industry’s ongoing push for criticality.
Yasir Arafat, chief technical officer of Aalo Atomics; Jordan Bramble, CEO of Antares Nuclear; and Rita Baranwal, chief nuclear officer of Radiant Industries, participated in the discussion and covered their recent progress in the Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program. Nader Satvat, director of nuclear systems design at Kairos Power, gave an update on the company’s ongoing demonstration projects taking place outside of the landscape of DOE authorization.
Yousry Gohar
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 4 | Number 2 | September 1983 | Pages 373-380
Neutronics and Shielding | doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A22893
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A low cost shielding system was developed for the Demonstration Tokamak Power Plant. The shielding system was designed with low cost materials to fulfill several functions and satisfy the design criteria. The reference shielding materials are water, ordinary concrete, Fe14Mn2Ni2Cr steel alloy, boron carbide, and lead. The cost of this shielding system is only 3% of the total direct cost compared to 11% in the STARFIRE design.
