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Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
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General Atomics announces breeding blanket test facility
General Atomics announced it is developing design concepts in collaboration with the Department of Energy for the Fusion Blanket Component Test Facility (BCTF), which will test full-scale breeding blankets.
“No one has tested a fusion blanket at this scale. While there are more research and development challenges ahead, a BCTF brings us closer to turning fusion from proven science into practical, sustainable power,” said Anantha Krishnan, senior vice president of the General Atomics Energy Group.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Monday, June 8, 2020|1:00–3:10PM EDT|7
Session Chair:
Troy Munro
Alternate Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
Paul LaTour (American Nuclear Society)
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The Molten Salt Thermodynamic Database (MSTDB): A Resource for MSR Design, Development, and Regulation
Theodore M. Besmann (Univ. of South Carolina)
Paper
Thermodynamic Insights Into Corrosion in NaCl-LiCl-UCl3-UCl4 Molten Salt
Jacob A. Yingling (Univ. of South Carolina), Theodore M. Besmann (Univ. of South Carolina), Johnathon C. Ard (Univ. of South Carolina), Kaitlin E. Johnson (Univ. of South Carolina), Matthew S. Christian (Univ. of South Carolina), Jake W. McMurray (ORNL)
Conceptual Design of the Versatile Experimental Salt Irradiation Loop (VESIL) in the Advanced Test Reactor
Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Sandesh Bhaskar (NC State Univ.), Calvin Downey (INL)
