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Multiphysics Design Optimization and Additive Manufacturing of Nuclear Components, Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC

Westinghouse and Oak Ridge National Laboratory will use multiphysics design optimization methods and additive manufacturing to help develop new nuclear components as well as optimized replacements to existing components that are optimum for meeting design requirements and are manufacturable.

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Coupled Neutronic and Thermal Hydraulic Analysis of a Natural Circulation Based Small Modular Reactor Using VERA-CS, SMR, LLC

The objective of this project was to analyze reactor core and system behavior in response to anticipated transients and accident scenarios and to use the Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA) code suite, which employs multi-physics simulation to model feedback behavior in the reactor core.

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Characterization of the Radiation Stability of Molten Nitrate/Nitrite Salts for use as Heat Transfer Fluids in Nuclear Reactor Power Plants, Yellowstone Energy

The objective of this project is to complete the necessary irradiation testing required and accelerate the retirement of risk related to qualification of nuclear environment nitrate salts. It is expected that the results of this project will significantly advance the MNSR design by qualifying the radiation stability of nitrate salt coolants in a nuclear environment.

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Radiation Testing for Nuclear Inspection Systems, Vega Wave Systems

The objective of this project was to test the Enduray Vision System developed by Vega Wave Systems Inc., using 3 MeV X-rays generated by the Van de Graaff system, to assess the radiation tolerance of the system. These tests showed that the Enduray Vision System was 10× more radiation-hard than the best available commercial competitor in terms of dose rate and can easily sustain radiation dose rates and total doses seen in the most extreme commercial applications in the nuclear energy industry.

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