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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.
T. Hayashi, S. Konishi, H. Nakamura, M. Inoue, K. Hirata, K. Okuno, Y. Naruse, J.W. Barnes, W. Harbin, R. Wilhelm, M. King, J.R. Bartlit, J.L. Anderson
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 3 | May 1992 | Pages 1979-1983
Material and Tritium | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A30011
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The JAERI (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute) Fuel Cleanup system (JFCU), which accepts simulated fusion reactor exhausts and produces pure hydrogen isotopes and tritium-free waste, was tested at the Tritium Systems Test Assembly (TSTA) with gram levels of tritium in 1991 under the US/Japan collaboration program on Fusion Technology. In 1991, the JFCU system integrity and safe operation with gram level tritium were demonstrated. Component performances with tritium were also measured and further subjects for R&D were uncovered. The resident tritium inventory of the JFCU was evaluated at about six grams during TSTA loop operation with a DT (1:1) mixture. After these tests, all tritium used in the experiments was recovered as hydrogen isotopes gases.