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UIUC submits MMR construction permit application
The University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign, in partnership with Nano Nuclear Energy, has submitted a construction permit application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for construction of a Kronos micro modular reactor (MMR). This is the first major step in the two-part 10 CFR Part 50 licensing process for the research and test reactor and is the culmination of years of technical refinement and regulatory alignment.
The team chose to engage with the NRC in a preapplication readiness assessment, providing the agency with draft versions of the majority of the CPA’s technical content for feedback, which is expected to ensure a high-quality application.
12th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|12:00–1:45PM EDT
Session Chair:
Josh Daw (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Fan Zhang (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Jamie B. Coble (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
Staff Producer:
Janet Davis (ANS)
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Dynamic Response Characterization of Temperature Sensors for Small Modular Reactors
A. H. Hashemian (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), E. T. Riggsbee (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), S. N. Tyler (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), B. Arnholt (NuScale Power), N. Cetiner (ORNL)
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Development and Testing of High Temperature Fiber Optic Sensors for Measurement of Heat Pipe Temperature in the eVinci™ Micro Reactor
Thomas Tweedle (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Yuqi Li (Univ. of Pittsburgh), Kevin Chen (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
Microwave Resonant Cavity-Based Flow Sensor for Advanced Reactor High Temperature Fluids
Alexander Heifetz (ANL), Victoria Ankel (ANL), Dmitry Shribak (ANL), Sasan Bakhtiari (ANL), Anthonie Cilliers (Kairos Power)
Design, Fabrication, Installation and Operation of the In-Core Instrumentation for EPR Reactors
Patrick Weidenauer (Framatome), Heiko Jasper (Framatome)
The Transient Thermal Response of a Pressure-Driven Fabry-Pérot Cavity
Daniel C. Sweeney (ORNL), Adrian M. Schrell (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL)
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