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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
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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.
J. N. Chung, P. S. Ayyaswamy
Nuclear Technology | Volume 35 | Number 3 | October 1977 | Pages 603-610
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT77-A31869
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Heat removal rates from containment spray droplets following a loss-of-coolant accident in a nuclear reactor have been calculated by three different droplet models: the complete mixing model, the model with internal circulation, and the rigid sphere. Irrespective of the model, the thermalization time is found to increase with increasing droplet size. It is noticed that the thermalization times predicted by the complete mixing and nonmixing models either underestimate or overestimate the value provided by the internal circulation model. It is concluded that the effect of internal circulation cannot be ignored in estimating heat removal rates from spray droplets.