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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.
Naoaki Yoshida, Shuji Mizusawa, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Takeo Muroga
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 798-801
Plasma-Facing Components: Analysis and Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11963034
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Thermal desorption of deuterium(D) from 8-keV D-ion irradiated beryllium(Be) above room temperature was correlated with microstructural changes during irradiation and annealing to understand the underlying mechanism of retention and trapping of D. D bubbles are formed at all examined temperatures between 300K and 873K. Large roundish bubbles above 200nm are especially formed above 573K. They remain even after annealing up to 973K. Strong retention of D by the bubbles occurs for the irradiation up to 673K.
