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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.
Pedro Mata Alonso, Rafael Otero Carrasco, Pablo Garcia Sedano
Nuclear Technology | Volume 93 | Number 1 | January 1991 | Pages 7-15
Technical Paper | Nuclear Reactor Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT91-A34513
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The applicability of a complete and well-qualified plant transient code and model to support in-depth evaluations of anomalous plant transients is shown. Analyses of several operational and abnormal transients that occurred during the first three cycles of the Cofrentes boiling water reactor nuclear power plant are presented. Several safety issues for the Cofrentes and Almaraz power plants are also resolved. These applications demonstrate the need for a very detailed and accurate simulation of the control systems as well as the convenience of having a data acquisition system that is as complete as possible.