Sentences with phrase «water reactor technology»

The company pointed out that its own mPower reactor is based on pressurized water reactor technology using standard enriched uranium as fuel, whereas TerraPower's TWR «is a larger reactor based on Generation IV technology and designed to use depleted uranium as fuel.»

First, by basing the NuScale design on light - water reactor technology, we are able to build on the vast global experience with this technology, including material performance, water chemistry, transient behaviors, etc..

Safety and flexibility NuScale has designed an extraordinarily safe Integral Pressurized Water Reactor (IPWR) based on light water reactor technology proven in operation for over 50 years.

Even if the costs could be squared — which nowadays looks doubtful, given the pre-eminence of light - water reactor technology these days — there remains that other great objection.

The Government of Canada could build on this momentum to develop an expanded MoU on civilian nuclear technology co-operation that includes research in pressurized heavy water reactor technology, nuclear medicine and other areas discussed by the prime ministers.

Not exact matches

While GWE's anaerobic waste water technology has been proved worldwide at more than 300 installations of totally enclosed tanks, or reactors, this is the first time it has been applied to a covered lagoon, an application where it has enormous further potential in countries with strong agribusiness sectors.

Under the leadership of GWE President and CEO Mr Jean Pierre Ombregt, GWE's anaerobic waste water technology has been proved worldwide at more than 300 installations of totally enclosed tanks, or reactors.

That's one potential application for a new technology that combines water - repelling yet light - sensitive and water - absorbing materials into polymeric nano - reactors for creating photo - responsive gold nanoparticles.

In addition to its unique fuel cycle, the TerraPower design employs a high - temperature, liquid metal core cooling technology suited to a breeder reactor with «fast» neutron activity, rather than today's predominant reactors whose water cooling systems slow neutrons.

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

Still, that is probably a few years sooner than most other micro nukes can expect to get the nod; the NuScale reactor's light - water technology is quite similar to the industry - standard approach with which the NRC is intimately familiar.

Then, for the longer term, there's the question: Are we going to get some additional technologies on the table beyond light - water reactors?

All of Japan's 24 pressurized water reactor utilize MELCO's I&C 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.

«GEH has broad engineering experience, deep technical capability and significant investment in its sodium fast reactor technology program that builds on a 60 - year history as an original equipment manufacturer of more than 60 boiling water reactors worldwide,» said Jay Wileman, President and CEO, GEH.

«GEH has broad engineering experience, deep technical capability and significant investment in its sodium fast reactor technology program that builds on a 60 - year history as an original equipment manufacturer of more than 60 boiling water reactors worldwide,» said the company's president and CEO Jay Wileman.

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.

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

What's needed now is a new national commitment to the development, testing, demonstration, and early stage commercialization of a broad range of new nuclear technologies — from much smaller light - water reactors to next generation ones — in search of a few designs that can be mass produced and deployed at a significantly lower cost than current designs.

Most of today's nuclear power plants have half - century - old technology with light - water reactors [243] utilizing less than 1 % of the energy in the nuclear fuel and leaving unused fuel as long - lived nuclear «waste» requiring sequestration for millennia.

Success with ammonia means we will have developed and commercialized, at scale, with viable economics, infrastructure and supply chains, the following new technologies: CCS, SSAS, methane cracking, conventional and high temperature electrolysis and thermochemical water splitting for hydrogen production, nuclear heat sources and small modular reactors, and solar heat sources and renewable electricity of sufficient reliability to be integrated into high volume must - run industrial processes.

But the technologies that we are using are mostly the old blue - collar ideas oxy - fuel limestone calcination, an aqueous pellet reactor used in water treatment, forced draft cooling tower technologies.