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Webinar: MC&A and safety in advanced reactors in focus
Towell
Russell
Prasad
The American Nuclear Society’s Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Division recently hosted a webinar on updating material control and accounting (MC&A) and security regulations for the evolving field of advanced reactors.
Moderator Shikha Prasad (CEO, Srijan LLC) was joined by two presenters, John Russell and Lester Towell, who looked at how regulations that were historically developed for traditional light water reactors will apply to the next generation of nuclear technology and what changes need to be made.
Yoshitaka Chikazawa, Toshio Nakagiri, Mamoru Konomura, Shouji Uchida, Yoshihiko Tsuchiyama
Nuclear Technology | Volume 155 | Number 3 | September 2006 | Pages 340-349
Technical Paper | Thermal Hydraulics | doi.org/10.13182/NT06-A3766
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Hydrogen production with a fast breeder reactor (FBR) may be attractive as a long-term energy source with nuclear fuel breeding. The thermochemical and electrolytic hybrid process is one of the hydrogen production methods using a sulfuric acid cycle with the maximum temperature at 500°C, which can be supplied by a sodium-cooled FBR. In this study, a hydrogen production plant with the thermochemical and electrolytic hybrid process has been designed, and the hydrogen production efficiency has been evaluated. The structural materials of the components in the system are steels such as high-Si cast iron, which has good toughness against sulfuric acid. High hydrogen production efficiency of 44% (high heating value) is achieved assuming development of high-efficiency electrolysis.