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NRC okays construction permits for Hermes 2 test facility
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced yesterday that it has directed staff to issue construction permits to Kairos Power for the company's proposed Hermes 2 nonpower test reactor facility to be built at the Heritage Center Industrial Park in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The permits authorize Kairos to build a facility with two 35-MWt test reactors that would use molten salt to cool the reactor cores.
Ling Sun, Yuchen Xiao, Weijiu Huang, Baifeng Luan, Baoan Wu, Huiyi Tang
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 198 | Number 4 | April 2024 | Pages 755-770
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2023.2219802
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Zirconium alloys have outstanding nuclear properties and are irreplaceable key materials for the development of nuclear power systems. The preparation of coatings on the surface of zirconium alloys is one of the potential solutions of fuel cladding materials. In this paper, the research progress of the preparation and high-temperature oxidation resistance of metal coating for fuel cladding zirconium alloys is reviewed, which includes the preparation method, coating-type selection, high-temperature oxidation resistance, and high-temperature oxidation failure mechanism of different coatings. This review provides important references for the development of fuel cladding zirconium alloy surface coating technology.
