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Holtec submits partial construction permit application for SMRs at Palisades
On New Year’s Eve, Holtec International submitted Part 1 of a construction permit application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission seeking a limited work authorization (LWA) to begin construction of a two-unit SMR-300 plant at the company’s site in Covert, Mich.
Named Pioneer-1 and -2, the twin 340-MWe pressurized water reactors would join the 777-MWe Palisades PWR that began operating in 1971, shut down in 2022, and is expected to reconnect to the grid—slightly delayed—early this year. According to Holtec’s application documents, Part 2 of its construction permit will be filed no later than mid-2027.
Panel and Technical Session|Fusion and Plasma Physics
Saturday, April 15, 2023|3:10–4:30PM EDT|Student Union 262B
Session Chair:
Promise Adebayo-Ige (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Dalton Lonker (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
This session is sponsored by the ANS Fusion Energy Division.
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Franklin 2023 - Design and Analysis of a Novel Molten Salt Fusion Breeder Blanket System Using SAM
3:10–3:30PM EDT
Trevor Franklin (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Sierra Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ryan P. McGuire (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Amelie Lutz (Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Characterization of a Plasma Electrolytic Process for the Fixation of Nitrogen
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Brandon E. Kamiyama (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Robert Pierrard (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Aryan Panigrahi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Michelle Giovacchini (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Nitika Purohit (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), R. M. Sankaran (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Deuterium Uptake and Removal with Advanced Liquid Lithium PFCs
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Andrew J. Ernat (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Cody Moynihan (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Steven Stemmley (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), David N. Ruzic (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Techno-Economic and Empirical Assessment of Photoresist Removal by Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Branden J. Bodner (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Arthur G. Mazzeo (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Jacob T. Fuss (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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