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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.
Frank E. Motley, Richard P. Jenks
Nuclear Technology | Volume 87 | Number 1 | August 1989 | Pages 302-309
Technical Paper | TMI-2: Materials Behavior / Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27658
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Work has been performed to develop a Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) simulation model for MELPROG/TRAC capable of predicting the observed plant behavior that occurred during the accident of March 1979. A description of the TMI-2 plant model is presented, and calculation results through 174 min of the accident are discussed. Using the boundary conditions recommended for the TMI-2 Analysis Exercise, the calculation predicts pressurizer draining and core recovering prior to fuel rod damage. A parametric calculation (with reduced makeup flow) was also performed and is in better agreement with the observed plant behavior. Efforts are under way to proceed with an accurate simulation through phases 3 and 4 of the accident (174 to 227 min and 227 to 300 min, respectively).