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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.
R. Wilson, G. A. Vivian, W. J. Chase, G. Armitage, L. J. Sennema
Nuclear Technology | Volume 72 | Number 3 | March 1986 | Pages 231-245
Technical Paper | Radiation Protection and Health Physics Practices and Experience in Operating Reactors Internationally / Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT86-A33762
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Occupational doses received during the operation and maintenance of Ontario Hydro’s pressurized heavy water nuclear power reactors are reported and comparisons made with occupational doses received during the operation of other reactor types in various nuclear power programs. The organizational and technical factors that have contributed to significant occupational dose reductions in Ontario Hydro’s program over the past 20 yr are discussed. Dose reduction practices in the design and operation of Ontario Hydro’s nuclear power reactors are described.