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TerraPower begins U.K. regulatory approval process
Seattle-based TerraPower signaled its interest this week in building its Natrium small modular reactor in the United Kingdom, the company announced.
TerraPower sent a letter to the U.K.’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, formally establishing its intention to enter the U.K. generic design assessment (GDA) process. This is TerraPower’s first step in deployment of its Natrium technology—a 345-MW sodium fast reactor coupled with a molten salt energy storage unit—on the international stage.
Maurizio Angelone, Paola Batistoni, Marcello Martone, Mario Pillon, Massimo Rapisarda, Sofia Rollet
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 431-439
Technical Paper | Experimental Device | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29383
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The Frascati Tokamak Upgrade (FTU) neutron activation system has been calibrated using indium foils and a 252Cf spontaneous fission neutron source located at several positions within the tokamak. The same experimental arrangements have been simulated with the MCNP Monte Carlo neutron and photon transport code in order to numerically reproduce the activation response coefficients measured experimentally. The main purpose of the comparison is to assess the accuracy of the numerical simulation and of the modeling of the FTU device. This analysis has a more general relevance in view of the use of the activation system as an independent method for the absolute measurement of the neutron yield in next-step fusion devices. An overall agreement at the 22% level between experiment and calculation has been demonstrated.
