Sentences with phrase «advanced reactor technology»

While there are more than 90 advanced nuclear technology and small modular reactor designs under various stages of development, GEH and ARC Nuclear view sodium fast reactors as being the most mature advanced reactor technology with decades of real operating experience from more than 20 previous reactors.

The operational flexibility of this advanced reactor technology enables true load following to complement the intermittent generation of renewable energy technologies now being deployed.

Based in Wilmington, North Carolina, GEH is a world - leading provider of advanced reactor technology and nuclear services.

«With a design that can extract energy from used nuclear fuel to generate electricity, our Prism advanced reactor technology is a game - changer,» he said.

R&D related to advanced reactor technology and fuel cycle sustainability, efficiency, and safety would be scaled back and shifted to earlier - stage technology.

Not exact matches

The Energy Department focuses on the next generation of energy technologies — from advanced nuclear reactors to algae biofuels — conducting basic research in its network of 17 national laboratories, and aiding private companies struggling to bring risky new technologies to market.

Advanced fast - neutron reactor technology, however, permits an alternative recycling strategy that does not involve pure plutonium at any stage.

Unlike the TerraPower concept, the mPower reactor relies on an advanced light water reactor cooling technology that NRC staff have deeply examined for decades.

Investing in advanced fuels research is critical to developing a new nuclear reactor technology.

A key to the advances, which have been published in the Journal of Nanoparticle Research, is use of both a «continuous flow» chemical reactor, and microwave heating technology that's conceptually similar to the ovens that are part of almost every modern kitchen.

Argonne National Laboratory has more than 200 research programs in basic and applied science, including mathematics and computer science, environmental research, materials science, physics, chemistry, energy research, biology and advanced nuclear reactor technology.

The AIT will also permit deployment of numerous advanced technologies that are relevant for remote reactor monitoring and detection, including water - based liquid scintillators, fast photo - sensors, light concentrators and others.

Advances in magnet technology have enabled researchers at MIT to propose a new design for a practical compact tokamak fusion reactor — and it's one that might be realized in as little as a decade, they say.

The four scientists call for an increase in ambition in the deployment of improved light - water reactors, with the accelerated development of advanced fission technologies to accompany planned increases in solar, wind and hydro power generation.

Research can also be accelerated by direct government support of the development of sustainable technologies (energy efficiency, wind and solar power and energy storage, advanced nuclear reactors: we can not succeed without «all of the above»).

As far as cost is concerned — there are reasons why advanced nuclear technology will be half the cost of lumbering light water reactors.

Yet demonstrating large - scale technologies — such as advanced modular nuclear reactors, floating deepwater wind turbines, or carbon capture and storage technologies — typically costs more than venture capitalists can finance alone, leaving a large «Valley of Death» that kills off many promising technologies before they can enter the marketplace.

However, low natural gas prices, increasingly affordable renewable technologies and grid improvements, declining demand for electricity, and costly age - and safety - related power plant repairs have led to some nuclear reactors being retiring abruptly, with little or no advance planning.

Increasingly, analysts describe current designs as «bridging technologies,» stepping stones toward more advanced clean energy, whether in the form of perovskite solar cells or modular nuclear reactors.

The reactor is called the PRISM and combined with pyroprocessing technology for recycling spent fuel it is called the Advanced Recycling Center.

The new FOA covers three funding pathways: First - of - a-Kind (FOAK) Nuclear Demonstration Readiness Project pathway, intended to address major advanced reactor design development projects or complex technology advancements for existing plants which have significant technical and licensing risk, and have the potential to be deployed by the mid-to-late 2020s; Advanced Reactor Development Projects pathway, covering a broad scope of concepts and ideas that could improve the capabilities and commercialisation potential of advanced reactor designs and technologies; and Regulatory Assistance Grants, providing support towards obtaining certification and licensing approvals for advanced reactor designs and capabadvanced reactor design development projects or complex technology advancements for existing plants which have significant technical and licensing risk, and have the potential to be deployed by the mid-to-late 2020s; Advanced Reactor Development Projects pathway, covering a broad scope of concepts and ideas that could improve the capabilities and commercialisation potential of advanced reactor designs and technologies; and Regulatory Assistance Grants, providing support towards obtaining certification and licensing approvals for advanced reactor designs and capabAdvanced Reactor Development Projects pathway, covering a broad scope of concepts and ideas that could improve the capabilities and commercialisation potential of advanced reactor designs and technologies; and Regulatory Assistance Grants, providing support towards obtaining certification and licensing approvals for advanced reactor designs and capabadvanced reactor designs and technologies; and Regulatory Assistance Grants, providing support towards obtaining certification and licensing approvals for advanced reactor designs and capabadvanced reactor designs and capabilities.

The industry is also seeing construction of an advanced nuclear reactor technology at the twin AP1000 Vogtle expansion units.

«R&D on advanced technologies, including thorium reactors with the potential to ameliorate remaining concerns about nuclear power, was stifled, seemingly because it was too promising.