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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.
12th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 16, 2021|4:30–6:15PM EDT
Session Chair:
Padhraic L. Mulligan
Alternate Chair:
Josh Daw (INL)
Session Organizer:
Jamie B. Coble (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
Staff Producer:
Jay Bogardus (ANS)
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A JFET-Based Radiation-Hardened Sensing and Communications Electronic System for Dry Cask Instrumentation
F. Kyle Reed (ORNL), M. Nance Ericson (ORNL), N. Dianne Bull Ezell (ORNL), Roger Kisner (ORNL), Lei Zuo (Virginia Polytechnic Univ.), Haifeng Zhang (Univ. of North Texas)
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Non-Invasive Internal Monitoring of Dry Cask Storage Systems
Ryan M. Meyer (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Morris S. Good (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Ericka L. Forsi (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Christopher A. Hutchinson (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Francesco Luzi (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Samuel W. Glass (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Development Of Ultrasonic Densimeter And Viscometer For Fluid Characterization
Hongbin Sun (ORNL), Ryan C. Gallagher (ORNL), Vivek Rathod (ORNL), Pradeep Ramuhalli (ORNL)
Effect of ZrO2 Thin-Film Coatings on the Corrosion Resistance of AlN Piezoelectric Single Crystal Sensors
Sean Kerrigan (NC State Univ.), Mohamed Bourham (NC State Univ.), Howuk Kim (NC State Univ.), Xiaoning Jiang (NC State Univ.)
Ultrasonically Embedded Sensors for Microreactor Health Monitoring
Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), N. Dianne B. Ezell (ORNL)