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North Carolina Collaboratory is funding a future of advanced reactors
When small modular reactors and other advanced nuclear plants someday provide electricity, hydrogen, desalination, and district heating, the North Carolina Collaboratory will deserve some credit. Headquartered at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, the collaboratory is a research funding agency established by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2016 to partner with academic institutions and government agencies. Its goal is to help transform research into practical applications for the benefit of North Carolina’s state and local economies. To that end, it engages in research projects related to advanced nuclear energy, among other initiatives.
D. A. Petti, R. A. Anderl, G. R. Smolik, D.-K. Sze, T. Terai, S. Tanaka
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 41 | Number 3 | May 2002 | Pages 807-811
Design and Model | Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology Tsukuba, Japan November 12-16, 2001 | doi.org/10.13182/FST02-A22696
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The second Japan/US Program on Irradiation Tests for Fusion Research (JUPITER-II) began on April 1, 2001. Part of the collaborative research centers on studies of the molten salt 2LiF-BeF2 (also known as Flibe) for fusion applications. Flibe has been proposed as a self-cooled breeder in both magnetic and inertial fusion power plant designs over the last twenty years. The key feasibility issues associated with the use of Flibe are the corrosion of structural material by the molten salt, tritium control in the molten salt blanket system, and safe handling practices and releases from Flibe during an accidental spill. An overview of the experimental program to address the key feasibility issues is presented.
