Assessment of Small Modular Reactors, Dow
The focus of this project is to look at the integration of small modular reactors (SMRs) for both electricity and process heat.
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Idaho National Laboratory
SAVE THE DATE: Lightweight Materials Workshop
This workshop will focus on the technology challenges, knowledge gaps and research needs associated with developing, demonstrating and applying lightweight materials.
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Support for Analysis of USNC Micro Modular Reactor Fuel Performance, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp.
This project will include the analysis of fuel performance under Micro Modular Reactor (MMR) operating conditions and assess if using recycled uranium in Fully Ceramic Microencapsulated (FCM) fuel is viable.
Investigation of the Structural Integrity and Corrosion Resistance of Surface Treatment on Alloy-709 in a Molten Fluoride Salt Environment, Terrestrial Energy USA, Inc.
This project seeks to perform baseline studies on surface-treated A709 for corrosion resistance and mechanical properties to understand long-term corrosion protection when subject to periods of sustained and cyclic loading at high temperatures and its potential use in the IMSR®.
Accelerate Development of Industry-Relevant Features in Modern Simulation tools, Oklo Inc.
Oklo Inc. (Oklo) partnered with Argonne National Laboratory to accelerate the development of open-source and modern simulation tools. The project has an industry-wide impact since it advances the state-of-art simulation to design and build advanced reactor systems.
Synthesis of Molten Chloride Salt Fast Reactor Fuel Salt from Spent Nuclear fuel, Elysium Industries
The objective of this project was to convert spent nuclear fuel into molten-chloride-salt fuel and was intended to demonstrate the streamlined development of fuel salt manufacturing from spent nuclear fuel.
Human Factors Engineering for the Move to Digital Control Systems – Improved Strategies for Operations, GSE Systems
The objective of this project was to develop a simple system that allows control of a plant simulator from a workstation. Called the Task Engine for Job and User Notification (TEJUN, also the Japanese word for “procedure”), the system is a web-based application that allows procedures to be authored in an easy-to-read document format.
NEAMS [Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation] ThermalFluids Test Stand for Fluoride-Salt-Cooled, High- Temperature Reactor Development, Kairos Power LLC
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Idaho National Laboratory (INL), and Kairos Power, LLC partnered to implement a multiscale thermal-fluids hierarchy analysis methodology for Kairos’ fluoride high-temperature reactor (FHR). The project demonstrated Kairos Power’s design optimization process for the heat exchanger, a vital component of the reactor’s design.
Development of the Microscale Nuclear Battery Reactor System, Micro Nuclear LLC
The objective of this project was to determine the design feasibility of Micro Nuclear LLC’s Molten Salt Nuclear Battery (MsNB) by performing computational analysis and discussing the likely multiphysics modeling challenges while coupling thermal hydraulics and neutronics.
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Investigation of Materials for Continuous Casting of Metallic Nuclear Fuel, Creare LLC.
Creare, LLC, worked with researchers at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to identify and test initial concepts for coating materials to be used in testing a continuous casting process aimed at reducing the cost of fuel pin production compared with conventional fabrication methods for metal fuel.
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