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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.
R.F. Bourque, W.R. Meier, M.J. Monsler
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 3 | May 1992 | Pages 1465-1469
Inertial Fusion Reactor Studies | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29927
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The Osiris reactor concept is one of two that emerged from the DOE-sponsored IFE reactor design study. It uses a heavy ion beam driver, a carbon cloth first wall and blanket structure that is filled with Flibe, and a steam power conversion system. The driver energy is about 5 MJ and the target yield is about 430 MJ. A 1000 MW(e) net plant requires a rep rate of about 4.6 Hz. The reactor chamber is of a leak-tolerant design where Flibe permeates a carbon cloth first wall and provides a protective coating. A Flibe spray, which supplies the pool at the bottom, condenses blowoff vapor. All components are removed as an assembly from the top of a carbon composite vacuum vessel. The study included assessments of environmental and safety aspects, economics, and technology development requirements.