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G7 pledges support for nuclear at Italy meeting
The Group of Seven (G7) recommitted its support for nuclear energy in the countries that opt to use it at a Ministerial Meeting on Climate in Italy last month.
In a statement following the April meeting, the group committed to support multilateral efforts to strengthen the resilience of nuclear supply chains, referencing the goal set by 25 countries during last year’s COP28 climate conference in Dubai to triple global nuclear generating capacity by 2050.
Joel McDuffee, Rich Christensen, Daniel Eichel, Mike Simpson, Supathorn Phongikaroon, Xiaodong Sun, John Baird, Adam Burak, Shay Chapel, Joonhyung Choi, Jacob Gorton, D. Ethan Hamilton, Dimitris Killinger, Sam Miller, Jason Palmer, Christian Petrie, Daniel Sweeney, Adrian Schrell, James Vollmer
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 196 | Number 1 | October 2022 | Pages S234-S259
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2021.2017663
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The mission of the Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) is to enable accelerated testing of advanced reactor fuels and materials as required for advanced reactor technologies. Each advanced reactor type has unique challenges, and these challenges affect the design of the testing vehicles used for accelerated testing. For molten salt reactor testing, some of the key focus areas are (1) understanding the complex thermal-hydraulic systems and materials that will facilitate heat removal from the reactor core, (2) mitigating the corrosion-associated issues that arise from using these materials at high temperatures, and (3) understanding how to measure and control salt composition/chemistry and properties during irradiation. This paper details the progress made toward surmounting these challenges to support future molten salt cartridge experiments in the VTR. Broadly, this work involves two major thrusts: design and analysis of an operating cartridge loop, and development of the instrumentation and control system needed to operate the loop successfully.