2021 Archives

12th Annual Modeling, Experimentation, and Validation (MeV) Summer School

12th Annual Modeling, Experimentation, and Validation (MeV) Summer School July 19-30, 2021 The 12th annual Modeling, Experimentation, and Validation (MeV) Summer School was organized by Argonne National Laboratory and held virtually from July 19-30, 2021. This year’s theme is “Holistic Innovation: Integrating Methods, Experiments, and People to Advance Nuclear Technology.” The announcement can be viewed […]

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Radiation Testing for High-Resolution, Radiation-Hardened Camera Systems, Vega Wave Systems

Vega Wave Systems has developed a camera head and needs to complete radiation testing to achieve market acceptance and verify radiation tolerance limits.

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SMR Containment Cable and EPA System, Engineered Solutions Group, LLC.

ESG has designed a cable routing system with connectors and EPA that protects cables from water exposure. This project will enable ESG to develop this technology to support current and future SMR designs.

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GEN-IV Webinar Series 54: In-Service Inspection and Repair Developments for SFRs and Extension to other Gen-IV Systems

This webinar provided a technical overview of this In-Service Inspection & Repair program that involves specific international collaborations done through GEN-IV mainly. It was presented by Dr. François Baqué who works as a Senior Expert on inspection for fast reactors at CEA Cadarache IRESNE in the Nuclear Technology Department.

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GAIN announces third-round FY 2021 Nuclear Energy Voucher recipients

The Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) announced today that Engineered Solutions Group, LLC. and Vega Wave Systems, Inc. will be provided with GAIN Nuclear Energy (NE) Vouchers to accelerate the innovation and application of advanced nuclear technologies.

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GEN-IV Webinar Series 53: Opportunities for Generation-IV Reactors Designers through Advanced Manufacturing Techniques

This presentation offered a strategic overview of the impact that advanced manufacturing has on the lifecycle of new generation reactors.

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GAIN-EPRI-NEI: Microreactor Program Stakeholders Workshop

GAIN-EPRI-NEI: Microreactor Program Stakeholders Workshop May 12-13, 2021 The purpose of the GAIN-EPRI-NEI: Microreactor Program Stakeholders Workshop was to: DAY 1 PRESENTATIONS Day 2 Presentations ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

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GAIN-EPRI-NEI: Advanced Reactors Safeguards & Security Virtual Workshop

The GAIN-EPRI-NEI: Advanced Reactors Safeguards & Security Virtual Workshop’s purpose was to receive industry feedback on the technical work in the DOE-NE Advanced reactor Safeguards Program and inform program R&D related to material control and accountability and physical protection for advanced reactors.

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Development of Casting Techniques for δ-phase Uranium-Zirconium Alloys, Lightbridge Corp.

The objective of this project is to determine the optimal casting process for the Lightbridge δphase U-Zr alloy using a depleted uranium (DU) zirconium surrogate in the Radiochemical Processing Laboratory (RPL) which is located at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).

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Experimental and Systems-Level Validation of Thermal-Hydraulic Behavior in SFRs, Oklo Inc.

The objective of this project is to generate high-pedigree experimental data to help to validate the systems analysis codes SAS4A/SASSYS-1 and SAM which can be used to inform advanced reactor designers on thermal-hydraulic behavior during transients as well as support licensing activities.

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