Sentences with phrase «through reactor designs»
«Breed and burn» process TerraPower's design and other once - through reactor designs use a «breed» and «burn» process.
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But because of the location of such pools in older boiling - water reactor designs — specifically, in the upper levels of the reactor building — any water added would ultimately drain down through the building, inundating the emergency pumps in the basement.
One of their most significant contributions was the design of a concrete shield to prevent molten fuel seeping from the reactor and through the ground into the water table.
A new era for nuclear power is taking shape as third - generation reactors, designed to be simpler and safer, inch through the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) design certification process.
The NuScale Power Module ™ and power plant design enhances the intrinsic physical protection and security of the plant through the elegantly simple design, elimination of large break loss of coolant accidents, and full reliance on passive systems to cool the reactors and spent fuel for extended periods without the need for AC power, DC power or additional water following an upset condition.
We offer on - site capabilities in all areas of reactor design, from fuels and reactor internals through thermodynamics and materials science.
Lynas goes on, of course, to explain why he remains in support of harnessing nuclear energy, particularly through advanced reactor designs that don't come with the waste stream and complexity of the light - water reactor design that dominates the industry today — overgrown terrestrial versions of the power source in nuclear submarines.
The 43 small modular reactor designs can not proceed because it costs far too much to get them through licencing.
The reactor design would also be simplified through the use of a liquid (a fluorine lithium beryllium molten salt) as a shielding material, a neutron moderator, and a heat exchange medium.