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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.
Chaung Lin, Tsung-Ming Lin
Nuclear Technology | Volume 127 | Number 1 | July 1999 | Pages 102-112
Technical Paper | Materials for Nuclear Systems | doi.org/10.13182/NT99-A2987
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Neural networks such as the radial basis function network, adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference systems, and the multilayer feedforward neural network were adopted to model the steam generator water level, which was intended to be the analytic redundancy in the signal validation system. The training data were the simulation results of the small-demand turbine power variations around the steady state. The test data were from two small-load maneuvers: the load reduction from 100 to 50% of the rated power, and one feedwater pump trip event. The network training required only a short time, and the simulation results show that the neural networks are suitable for the modeling of steam generator water level.