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UIUC submits MMR construction permit application
The University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign, in partnership with Nano Nuclear Energy, has submitted a construction permit application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for construction of a Kronos micro modular reactor (MMR). This is the first major step in the two-part 10 CFR Part 50 licensing process for the research and test reactor and is the culmination of years of technical refinement and regulatory alignment.
The team chose to engage with the NRC in a preapplication readiness assessment, providing the agency with draft versions of the majority of the CPA’s technical content for feedback, which is expected to ensure a high-quality application.
S. Tanzawa, S. Hiroki, T. Abe
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 41 | Number 3 | May 2002 | Pages 1004-1008
Purification and Chemical Process | Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology Tsukuba, Japan November 12-16, 2001 | doi.org/10.13182/FST02-A22735
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Experiments on separation of the exhaust gas from fusion reactors by using a Continuous Circulation Chromatograph method ( C3 method ) have been performed for use in a fuel cycle of the fusion reactor. In these experiments, a molecular-sieve was selected for the adsorbent material. And, H2/He, D2/He mixed gases and Ar were used as the sample gases and the carrier gas, respectively. It was confirmed that the mixed gases with various composition ratios were continuously separated to each gas composition at a room temperature and below an atmospheric pressure, within a detectable limit of the quadrupole mass spectrometer we used. This separation method can be applied to the D2-T2/He mixed gas and simplify the fusion fuel cycle, where the He and other impurities are directly removed from the plasma exhaust gas within a vacuum pumping system.