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Securing the advanced reactor fleet
Physical protection accounts for a significant portion of a nuclear power plant’s operational costs. As the U.S. moves toward smaller and safer advanced reactors, similar protection strategies could prove cost prohibitive. For tomorrow’s small modular reactors and microreactors, security costs must remain appropriate to the size of the reactor for economical operation.
T. Otsuka, T. Tanabe, M. Shinohara
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 80 | Number 1 | January 2024 | Pages 38-47
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2023.2187251
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Effects of a gap/open space between double membranes of Ni/Ni and Pd/Ni on hydrogen permeation through the double membranes are studied. For easy detection of permeated H, T is introduced. For Ni/Ni and Pd/Ni, the influence of the gap on hydrogen permeation is not appreciable, while the permeation for Ni/Pd is significantly reduced because the gap holds H2O produced by the reaction of permeated hydrogen and the surface oxide of Ni facing toward the gap; consequently, the partial pressure of H2O in the gap becomes high and subsequent reduction of the surface oxide is prohibited. From these findings, a new double-walled tube concept for the reduction of T permeation is proposed with a combination of a rather thin front tube with its back side oxidized as a permeation barrier and a thick tube as a structure material.