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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.
The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fuel Materials and Chemistry
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST|2
Session Chair:
Giovanni Pastore (UTK)
Alternate Chair:
Ryan Sweet (ORNL)
Track Organizer:
Scott Palmtag (NCSU)
Staff Producer:
Vincent Novellino (NC State Univ.)
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BISON Methods and Contact Algorithms
Jason Hales (Idaho National Laboratory)
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Lower length scale methods exemplified for U3Si2 fission gas behavior
David Andersson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Bison Robustness and Performance Improvements
Daniel Schwen (Idaho National Laboratory), Alexander D. Lindsay (Idaho National Laboratory), Benjamin Spencer (Idaho National Laboratory), Stephanie A. Pitts (Idaho National Laboratory), Dylan J. McDowell (Idaho National Laboratory)
Ceramic Nuclear Fuel Fracture Modeling for Relocation with the Extended Finite Element Method
Wen Jiang (Idaho National Laboratory), Benjamin Spencer (Idaho National Laboratory)