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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.
Hsin-Ho Lee
Nuclear Technology | Volume 117 | Number 1 | January 1997 | Pages 64-79
Technical Paper | Nuclear Reactor Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT97-A35336
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Taiwan’s Maanshan Nuclear Power Station (MNPS) consists of two pressurized water reactors [2775 MW(thermal)]. The reracking method has received licensing approval and has been successfully implemented by the Taiwan Power Company for MNPS to increase the spent-fuel storage capacity of each unit from 746 to 2160 fuel assemblies. MNPS is the only nuclear power station in the world that can store the accumulated spent-fuel assemblies from 40 yr of plant life in its on-site spent-fuel pool after reracking. The safety concerns regarding various aspects of this reracking project are presented. These safety concerns include thermal hydraulics, criticality, structure, radiation, and heavy loads.
