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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.
Akira Yamaguchi, Hajime Niwa, Mitsuaki Yamaoka, Kazuyuki Tsukimori, Yoshio Shimakawa, Hisashi Ninokata, Kiyoto Aizawa
Nuclear Technology | Volume 107 | Number 1 | July 1994 | Pages 23-37
Technical Paper | Special on ANP ’92 Conference / Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT94-A34995
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Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation (PNC), using computer codes developed and/or modified at PNC, has analyzed the Phase IIB passive safety test (PST) proposed for the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF). Major interests of PST are understanding core bowing and mitigating extremely low probability accidents. It is confirmed that the PNC code system is applicable to all aspects of the FFTF Phase IIB PST program. Results of the pretest analysis indicate that the proposed Phase IIB PST in FFTF can be devised to provide very useful data for validation of the analytical models that treat reactivity feedback effects due to core bowing. Recommendations to the test program are also made. With those analytical tools, future fast breeder reactor concepts will incorporate to a greater degree than earlier designs passive safety features on neutronic aspects as well as on thermohydraulic aspects.