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Nano Nuclear wins Air Force contract for Kronos MMR
New York City–based advanced nuclear technology developer Nano Nuclear Energy has been awarded a Direct-to-Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract for its Kronos micro modular reactor (MMR) by AFWERX, the innovation and venture arm of the U.S. Air Force. The contract calls for AFWERX, with the 11th Civil Engineering Squadron, to explore the feasibility of deploying the Kronos MMR Energy System at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) in Washington, D.C.
Jiashuang Wan, Pengfei Wang
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 194 | Number 6 | June 2020 | Pages 433-446
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2019.1710419
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The task of this investigation is to design a controller that has a strong robustness in various operating conditions. A new structure of state feedback assisted classical control (SFACC) that uses a differential lag compensator in the inner classical control loop is proposed to improve the robustness of original SFACC. The linear quadratic Gaussian with loop transfer recovery (LQG/LTR) at the plant output is employed to design the robust controller in the outer control loop. A comparison of the performance and robustness between the gain-insensitive controller and an existing LQG/LTR controller is made by nonlinear simulations. The proposed gain-insensitive LQG/LTR controller can give satisfying performance for both reactor power and coolant temperature over a wide range of reactor operations.