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Industry Update—October 2025
Here is a recap of recent industry happenings:
New international partnership to speed Xe-100 SMR deployment
X-energy, Amazon, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, and Doosan Enerbility have formed a strategic partnership to accelerate the deployment of X-energy’s Xe-100 small modular reactors and TRISO fuel in the United States to meet the power demands from data centers and AI. The partners will collaborate in reactor engineering design, supply-chain development, construction planning, investment strategies, long-term operations, and global opportunities for joint AI-nuclear deployment. The companies also plan to jointly mobilize as much as $50 billion in public and private investment to support advanced nuclear energy in the U.S.
Hongyi Yang, Song Li, Zhiwei Zhou
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 195 | Number 4 | April 2021 | Pages 339-348
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2020.1826776
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In order to obtain the heat transfer characteristics of the helium gap in conditions of different material thicknesses and linear power in high-temperature ranges, on the basis of previous research, an existent test device was improved. Through the theoretical design of double helium, the test device can perform experiments under high-temperature conditions. Compared with the experimental data, the theoretical design values are in good agreement with the experimental results. According to the design results of the test device, the helium gap test can be successfully carried out out in a high-temperature range, and the test results can provide reference for the design of the material irradiation assembly. The objective of this paper is to set up a multilayer helium gap according to the structural design of the irradiation device to achieve a helium gap test under high-temperature conditions under water circuit conditions.