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LLNL, Ampera partner to develop thorium-based TRISO fuel
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has formed a strategic partnership with Ampera to develop the company’s nuclear fuel concept through a project named THUNDER, for Thorium Unimodal Droplet Ejection for Reactors.
The focus of THUNDER is fabricating TRISO made with kernels of thorium rather than the usual uranium. LLNL and Ampera will evaluate and optimize liquid metal–jetting technology to produce highly uniform, spherical kernels of thorium-232 for later processing into TRISO fuel.
Gary A. Hughes, Sudarshan K. Loyalka, Gerald A. Schlapper+
Nuclear Technology | Volume 60 | Number 3 | March 1983 | Pages 379-394
Technical Paper | LWR Control Materials—I and II / Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT83-A33125
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The RELAP4 computer program has been used to study loss-of-flow and loss-of-coolant transients for the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR). Simple experimental tests have been conducted to provide RELAP4 model parameters. The computer results have provided an understanding of MURR behavior under accident conditions, and may also be useful in understanding the low pressure/low temperature range of transients at other reactors.