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NRC wants input on Hermes 2 test reactor construction permit
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking input on its draft environmental assessment and draft finding of no significant impact for Kairos Power’s application to build the Hermes 2 test reactor facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Y. Tanaka, T. Suzuki, S. Mori, S. Yamazaki, M. Misumi, T. Tone, T. Kobayashi, H. Watanabe
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 947-952
Blanket and First-Wall Engineering | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A40155
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Applicability of Li2O pebble type breeder has been investigated. Current experimental and analytical studies reveal that problems of thermal stress cracking and vaporization mass transfer can be resolved. Design feasibility studies of Li2O pebble type blanket have been performed for the FER and a power reactor. Results show that Li2O pebble breeder makes it possible to design blankets with high breeding ratio and high breeder integrity which can satisfy design requirements with some allowance for uncertainties or variations of parameters.
