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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.
H. T. Lee, Y. Ohtsuka, Y. Ueda, K. Sugiyama, E. Markina, N. Yoshida
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 63 | Number 1 | May 2013 | Pages 233-236
doi.org/10.13182/FST13-A16913
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The structure and concentration distribution of He, H, and D in the ion implanted zone following simultaneous He-D irradiation in W was characterized. A shift in He bubble size from nanometer to tens of nanometers was observed between 800 K < T < 1000 K. The bubble field was found to extend to depths of 30-40 nm with mean concentrations of 4-5 at.%.. An order of magnitude increase in He trapping was observed at 800 K when the ion energy was increased from 0.3 to 1.0 keV. Depth profiles of the trapped D at 500 K indicatea marked decrease in the trapped amount coinciding with the He bubble layer. Conversely, enrichment in hydrogen concentration was observed. One hydrogen atom was found to trap in ratio with ~6 He atoms. Such preferential trapping of hydrogen appears to be an important process in the reduction of D diffusion into W due to He effects.