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UIUC submits MMR construction permit application
The University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign, in partnership with Nano Nuclear Energy, has submitted a construction permit application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for construction of a Kronos micro modular reactor (MMR). This is the first major step in the two-part 10 CFR Part 50 licensing process for the research and test reactor and is the culmination of years of technical refinement and regulatory alignment.
The team chose to engage with the NRC in a preapplication readiness assessment, providing the agency with draft versions of the majority of the CPA’s technical content for feedback, which is expected to ensure a high-quality application.
V. C. Noninski*
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 2 | March 1992 | Pages 163-167
Technical Notes on Cold Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29736
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Experimental results of differential heat loss calorimetry measurements during the electrolysis of light water solutions of K2CO3 and Na2CO3 with a nickel cathode are presented. A significant increase in temperature with every watt input, compared with the calibration experiment, is observed during the electrolysis of K2CO2. This effect is not observed when Na2CO3 is electrolyzed. No trivial explanation (in terms of chemical reactions, change in heat transfer properties, etc.) of this effect has been found so far. If the nontriviality of the observed overcoming of the energy breakeven barrier is further confirmed, this phenomenon may find application as an important new energy source.
