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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.
Jiawei Sheng, Shanggeng Luo, Baolong Tang
Nuclear Technology | Volume 123 | Number 3 | September 1998 | Pages 296-303
Technical Paper | Radioactive Waste Management and Disposal | doi.org/10.13182/NT98-A2900
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Temperature has strong effects on the leaching behavior of the 90-19/U simulated high-level waste glass form. The Arrhenius equation is used to determine the change in the glass corrosion mechanism throughout the different temperature ranges. The apparent activation energies have been obtained for different leaching conditions. In deionized water, the glass corrosion mechanism is similar whether the leaching condition is static or dynamic. The glass corrosion process is dominated by the ion exchange reactions at lower temperatures (60 to ~70°C); however, the glass corrosion process is dominated by the network hydrolysis reactions at higher temperatures (>70°C). The apparent activation energy in the lower temperature range is larger than that of the higher temperature range. In simulated underground water, the ion exchange reactions dominated the glass corrosion mechanism at temperatures from 50 to 150°C, and the large amount of ions in simulated underground water would participate in the ion exchange reactions with the glass.