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Antares achieves zero-power criticality at INL
Leveraging more than $140 million in private capital fundraising, over 322,000 square feet of operational manufacturing space, and multifaceted partnerships with the Departments of Energy and Defense, reactor start-up Antares has become the first company involved in the Reactor Pilot Program to achieve zero-power fueled criticality—a full month ahead of the July 4 deadline set by President Trump’s Executive Order 14301.
This milestone, announced yesterday, was achieved with the company’s Mark-0: a sodium heat-pipe-cooled, TRISO-fueled microreactor. The Mark-0 is a forerunner to the company’s flagship design, which it calls the R1. For Antares, this development represents a key validation of its reactor physics, control systems, and supply chain.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|4:50–6:30PM EST
Session Chair:
Colby B. Jensen
Alternate Chair:
Vincenzo V. Rondinella
Session Organizer:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
Staff Producer:
Daryl Rizzo (American Nuclear Society)
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Post-Irradiation Examination Supporting the Transformational Challenge Reactor
Annabelle Le Coq (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Kurt A. Terrani (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Jesse W. Werden (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Xunxiang Hu (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Thak Sang Byun (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Kory Linton (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Microstructural Characterization of U-Mo Dispersion Fuel Using Automated Image Processing
Adam B. Robinson (Idaho National Laboratory), Meimei Li (Argonne National Lab), Wei-Ying Chen (Argonne National Lab), Dennis D. Keiser (Idaho National Laboratory), Abdellatif M. Yacout (Argonne National Laboratory), Gerard L. Hofman (Argonne National Laboratory), Laura M. Jamison (Argonne National Laboratory), Bei Ye (Argonne National Laboratory), Zhi-Gang Mei (Argonne National Laboratory)
Post-Irradiation Examination of 3D-Printed SiC
Kurt A. Terrani (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Thak S. Byun (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Yanwen Zhang (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Chad M. Parish (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Takaaki Koyanagi (ORNL), Hsin Wang (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Timothy G. Lach (ORNL)
