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Advanced reactor developer X-energy has announced that it has closed an oversubscribed Series D financing round of approximately $700 million. The funding proceeds are expected to be used to help continue the expansion of its supply chain and the commercial pipeline for its Xe-100 advanced small modular reactor and TRISO-X fuel, according the company.
Robert M. Kemper, Christine M. Vertes
Nuclear Technology | Volume 91 | Number 1 | July 1990 | Pages 118-128
Technical Paper | Safety of Next Generation Power Reactor / Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT90-A34448
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Emergency core cooling system performance analyses that demonstrate compliance with the 10CFR50.46 final acceptance criteria have been performed for the unique Westinghouse AP600 advanced pressurized water reactor. The AP600 plant features a low power density core, canned-motor reactor coolant pumps, passive safeguards systems, and an automatic depressurization system. It exhibits exceptional loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) performance. A spectrum of small-break LOCA cases successfully depressurize while exhibiting no core uncovery; the maximum cladding temperature in each case is the initial steady-state value. The calculated peak cladding temperature for a design-basis large-break LOCA is only 1061 K at the design total peaking factor of 2.40.