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NRC approves TerraPower construction permit
Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it has approved TerraPower’s construction permit application for Kemmerer Unit 1, the company’s first deployment of Natrium, its flagship sodium fast reactor.
This approval is a significant milestone on three fronts. For TerraPower, it represents another step forward in demonstrating its technology. For the Department of Energy, it reflects progress (despite delays) for the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP). For the NRC, it is the first approval granted to a commercial reactor in nearly a decade—and the first approval of a commercial non–light water reactor in more than 40 years.
Yu Jiang, Genshan Jiang, Xinlu Liu, Jianhao Sun
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 199 | Number 9 | September 2025 | Pages 1458-1472
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2462896
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The leakage jet impact effect of steam generator heat exchanger piping causes the vibration response of adjacent piping and secondary sound radiation. This study establishes a three-dimensional numerical calculation model of a leakage jet impacting the pipe wall and studies in depth the action mechanism of the leakage jet on the adjacent pipe wall. It obtains the vibration characteristics of the pipe wall caused by the impact of the leakage jet. Calculations show that the leakage jet excites a complex flow field on the surface of the adjacent pipe wall, generating dynamic pressure loads and shear stresses. Dynamic pressure loads generate significant negative pressure wave signals on adjacent pipe walls, which in turn trigger pipe wall vibrations. With an increase in the leakage hole diameter and internal pressure, the dynamic load on the pipe wall increases significantly, leading to obvious changes in the vibration characteristics, revealing the influence law of the leakage jet on the dynamic response of the pipe wall.