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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. P. Ashley, G. L. Kulcinski, J. F. Santarius, S. Krupakar Murali, G. R. Piefer, B. B. Cipiti, R. F. Radel, J. Weidner
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 44 | Number 2 | September 2003 | Pages 564-566
Technical Paper | Fusion Energy - Nonelectric Applications | doi.org/10.13182/FST03-A398
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The University of Wisconsin (UW) inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) facility has made significant progress since 2000. The operating voltage has doubled to 160 kV. The neutron production rate has increased by a factor of 2, from 4.9 × 107/s to 1.1 × 108s-1. The D-3He proton production rate has increased by, a factor of over 40. In addition new diagnostics have been developed, including a method to determine the spatial distribution of fusion reactions A new water cooled stainless steel chamber for higher power and lower pressure has been put into operation. Medical isotopes have been produced in an IEC device for the first time.
