Density Measurements of Plutonium Bearing Salts via Neutron Beam Dilatometry, TerraPower LLC
The objective of this project is to determine the density of actinidemolten salt solutions using neutron dilatometry.
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RELAP5-3D Development and Assessment for Liquid-fuels Molten Salt Reactor Licensure, Natura Resources, LLC
The objective of this project is to assess the RELAP5- 3D code for application to the MSRR design and licensing pathway to resolve data limitations for both the input models for the plant design and models specific to the liquid fuel molten salt core.
Pebble Bed Large Eddy Simulations for Lower Order Methods Benchmarking and Uncertainty Quantification Development, Kairos Power
The objective of this project is to use Large Eddy Simulations (LES) to produce numerical benchmark data that captures local velocity and temperature effects, and this data will have an immediate impact to accelerate technology development, enable economic optimization, and reduce regulatory uncertainty.
Thermophysical Properties Measurements of NaCl-PuCl3, TerraPower LLC.
The objective of this project was to exact high quality, traceable data that quantifies composition dependencies and measurement uncertainty to inform operating conditions, which is paramount for proper design in any reactor, especially a liquid-fueled molten salt reactor.
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Graphite Finite Element Model Verification, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation
The benchmarks, analytical solutions, and failure criteria developed during this project will be used directly by USNC-Tech to evaluate the current graphite core design of the MMR™ reactor, resulting in an optimized core and a down-selection of the graphite used for the core.
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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.
Addressing Gaps in Legacy Data on Fuel Steel Interactions, Oklo, Inc.
To broaden the understanding of fuel-clad chemical interactions (FCCI), Oklo partnered with Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to conduct an out-of-pile experimental investigation into FCCI behavior that addresses each of these variables in order to expand the operating envelopes to better align with the Aurora reactor as well as other advanced concepts.
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Combined Effects Testing of High- Temperature and Neutron Fluence to Support the Qualification of NE-300, a High-Temperature Neutron Shielding Material, Neutroelectric, LLC
Neutroelectric and Oak Ridge National Laboratory will perform critical combined tests at the High Flux Isotope Reactor in support of qualification of this new material, NE-300, for use in commercial nuclear reactor applications.
Advanced Test Reactor Experiment Design for Measurement of Lightbridge Fuel™ Thermophysical Properties, Lightbridge Corp.
The scope of this project included the design of an experiment for irradiating Lightbridge metallic fuel material samples in the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) at Idaho National Laboratory (INL).
On-Line Lead/Water Heat Exchanger Sensor/System Feasibility, Hydromine
This project will leverage Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s experience with high-temperature ultrasound to demonstrate feasibility for OLSHM of the Hydromine lead-cooled reactor heat exchanger for cracks and corrosion.
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