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North American construction is back—smaller and faster—at OPG’s Darlington
“The nuclear renaissance is real here,” said Ontario Power Generation’s Subo Sinnathamby on May 8, one year to the day after OPG secured a final investment decision to build the first of four planned BWRX-300 reactors at its Darlington nuclear power plant, and shortly after the new reactor’s foundation was lifted into place. “We got our license to construct in April and our [final investment decision] in May, and we’ve been off to the races since.”
Daniel Schappel, Giovanni Pastore, Kurt A. Terrani
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 196 | Number 3 | March 2022 | Pages 276-284
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2021.1955590
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This work introduces a meshed debonding model intended for use with tristructural isotropic (TRISO) fuel particles. The ability to better examine the potential effects of interface debonding between the coating layers will enable a host of investigations of the stress state when complex loading and interactions between coated fuel particles are taking place. In this work, the debonding model is discussed in detail. Then, simulations are presented to show the capabilities and limitations of the model. First, a traditional high-temperature gas reactor TRISO particle is considered. Then, a TRISO particle in a graphitic matrix is analyzed, followed by a TRISO particle in a silicon carbide matrix.