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Two steps forward for U.K. advanced nuclear
This week, two significant announcements have emerged from the United Kingdom’s advanced reactor sector.
On June 14, Rolls-Royce, the United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory, and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency announced that they had signed two trilateral memorandums of cooperation to collaborate on “advanced modular reactor (AMR) technology, specifically high-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGR), and the coated particle fuel these reactors will use.”
Separately, on June 16, Bellevue, Wash.–based TerraPower announced that its Natrium reactor design has been formally submitted for U.K. regulatory review. The company also announced the formation of a new subsidiary, TerraPower UK Ltd.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Wednesday, June 16, 2021|12:00–1:45PM EDT
Session Chair:
Robert P. Martin
Alternate Chair:
Dillon R. Shaver
Session Organizer:
Matthew D. Zimmer
Staff Producer:
Jessie Vazquez (ANS)
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Thermal Decomposition of Carbonates as a Passive Cooling Mechanism for Molten Salt Reactors
Christopher Forsyth (Univ. of California, Berkeley)
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Study of Sodium Pool Fire Model Improvement in MELCOR for SFR
David L.Y. Louie (Sandia National Laboratories), Mitsuhiro Aoyagi (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Thermal Hydraulic Modeling of the Kairos Power Generic Fluoride High Temperature Reactor in MELCOR
Robert F. Kile (Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville), Friederike Bostelmann (ORNL), Steve E. Skutnik (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville)
Modeling of HTTF test PG-26 using RELAP5-3D and SAM
Aaron Epiney (INL), Thanh Hua (ANL), James Wolf (INL), Ling Zou (ANL), Gerhard Strydom (INL), Rui Hu (ANL)
Safety Assessment of Composite Alternative Moderators for Modular High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors
Veronica Karriem (Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville), Edward M. Duchnowski (Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville)
