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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.
Satoru Tanaka, Shinya Nagasaki
Nuclear Technology | Volume 118 | Number 1 | April 1997 | Pages 58-68
Technical Paper | Kiyose Birthday Anniversary Special / Radioactive Waste Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT97-A35357
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Geochemical interactions of actinide colloids are of vital importance to understanding the migration of actinides in natural aquifer systems. Much effort has gone into quantifying the migration of colloids and, subsequently, to applying these quantities to hydrodynamic and geochemical modeling. An overview of recent progress in the investigation of migration behavior of actinide colloids in natural aquifer systems is presented. The impact of pseudocolloid generation on actinide migration is also discussed and illustrated with the results obtained in recent studies.
