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JUST RADIANT: Radiant Industries out of El Segundo, California is developing this portable microreactor as a potential replacement for diesel generators. Radiant was one of 4 companies receiving GAINnuclear vouchers late last year to help accelerate progress on their advanced reactor projects. Radiant is working with Argonne National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory to develop computational analysis tools to better advance the design of Kaleidos. GAIN voucher recipients do not receive direct financial awards. The vouchers provide funding to U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories to help businesses overcome critical technological challenges to commercializing their technologies. All awardees are responsible for a minimum 20 percent cost-share, which could be an in-kind contribution. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3YqR1KJ

There is considerable interest in the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) market but, as it stands, no design has yet become commercially available. What are the key points needed to unlock the technology’s great promise? Find out more at https://lnkd.in/eYaT4tEh #NEI #nuclearpower #nuclearenergy #smr #nucleartechnology

Important and exciting milestones on the path towards harnessing nuclear-fusion energy

Molten-salt Reactor (MSR) fuels are inherently >90% fuel efficient and here’s how: liquid fuels avoid the liabilities that solid fuels bear, by dint of their liquidus phase: gaseous fission products such as Kr and Xe are seamlessly carried within the fuel volume. Sparging with He enables capture and nearly eliminates Xe➝Cs build up within the fuel load, thereby permitting complete burn down. #MSR #Gen-IV #fission

The future is nuclear.

I realize that one intervening party has already filed testimony (due tomorrow) for the upcoming #Vogtle #nuclear prudency hearing. But I'm still re-reviewing prior filings already in the Administrative Record. My latest update (last week) was from the 2017 testimony of Peter Bradford. https://lnkd.in/gRCunB8i Here's another nugget from Mr. Bradford's 2017 testimony: "Q.       HAS GEORGIA POWER PROVEN THAT COMPLETING VOGTLE IS LIKELY TO BE THE LEAST EXPENSIVE WAY TO MEET ITS CUSTOMERS’ FUTURE NEED FOR ELECTRICITY?" "A.       No. Indeed, given the importance of this proceeding, it would be hard to overstate the inadequacy of the analysis of alternatives to completing Vogtle performed by Georgia Power Company. The Company’s approach would return Georgia to the era when power systems were built around fixed concepts of “baseload”, “intermediate load” and “peak load” without any recognition of the great extent to which load following generation, computer control, grid enhancement (often expending the potential for power purchase agreements), load management, flexible resources, energy efficiency and energy storage had revised this paradigm." 

#energy transition #microreactors Westinghouse has created a simple design much like a battery. They been involved in nuclear reactor energy and design. Power plants can use natural gas or nuclear fuel. The eVinci reactor has a shelf life of approximately 8 years and takes up a smaller area about the size of a swimming pool. This uses the same abbreviation as the EVINCI European validation of innovative nuclear Cogeneration project that was focused on developing a nuclear reactor capable of producing both electricity and high temperature heat for industrial processes. The residue from the reactor does not take up space approximately the size of a swimming pool but the issue of a long term storage and safety must be considered. Maintenance like road paving, construction and earth' vibrations and tremors can impact storage safety. https://lnkd.in/gah6REi4