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UIUC submits MMR construction permit application
The University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign, in partnership with Nano Nuclear Energy, has submitted a construction permit application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for construction of a Kronos micro modular reactor (MMR). This is the first major step in the two-part 10 CFR Part 50 licensing process for the research and test reactor and is the culmination of years of technical refinement and regulatory alignment.
The team chose to engage with the NRC in a preapplication readiness assessment, providing the agency with draft versions of the majority of the CPA’s technical content for feedback, which is expected to ensure a high-quality application.
R.-D. Penzhorn, M. Glugla
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 10 | Number 3 | November 1986 | Pages 1345-1348
Tritium Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24917
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Based on experimental results of the catalytic decomposition of ammonia and methane into the elements, a three step process is under development for D, T recycling of the effluent gas of the main fusion reactor exhaust gas purification system. The process is designed for operation at comparatively low temperatures in order to minimize tritium permeation losses. A reduction in solid radioactive waste is achieved by the employment of catalytic cracking reactions. The high purity D, T produced may be fed directly into the isotope separation system. By process optimization sufficiently high decontamination factors of the waste gas seem possible.