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UIUC submits MMR construction permit application
The University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign, in partnership with Nano Nuclear Energy, has submitted a construction permit application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for construction of a Kronos micro modular reactor (MMR). This is the first major step in the two-part 10 CFR Part 50 licensing process for the research and test reactor and is the culmination of years of technical refinement and regulatory alignment.
The team chose to engage with the NRC in a preapplication readiness assessment, providing the agency with draft versions of the majority of the CPA’s technical content for feedback, which is expected to ensure a high-quality application.
Paul Naefe, Erich Zimmer
Nuclear Technology | Volume 42 | Number 2 | February 1979 | Pages 163-171
Technical Paper | Thorium Fuel Cycle in a Breeder Economy / Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32147
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A process has been developed for the production of dense fissile fuel kernels for the high-temperature reactor. A method is used whereby a concentrated uranyl nitrate solution with urea and ammonium nitrate as additives is dispersed horizontally into droplets that are hardened by external gelation. The process is very simple and consists of only a few steps, since no organic thickener is necessary and only aqueous solutions are used. The equipment, which has been developed for the special needs of the refabrication of 233U, has a throughput of ∼0.7 kgU/h.
