Design, Manufacturing and Performance Considerations in Reactor System, Components and Materials

Conference · Wed Mar 03 00:00:00 UTC 2021

OSTI ID:1828190

Van Rooyen, Isabella J ^[1]

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1. Idaho National Laboratory

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is the national and global leader of the Department of Energy (DOE) ’s nuclear energy research, development, and demonstration programs. Developing critical design criteria of new advanced reactor systems, components and materials requires an understanding of fabrication and the irradiation environment during normal operating and accident conditions. Next generation researchers and designers, are, therefore challenged not only by demands for ever improved performance but must also work to shorten the development and commercialization lifecycle for new nuclear reactors and systems to remain competitive. This provides unique and exciting opportunities for all contributors to this field of study. This presentation will offer a strategic overview of the competitively funded R&D awards by the Advanced Methods for Manufacturing (AMM) program of the DOE’s office of Nuclear Energy (NE). This program conducts research and development (R&D) to accelerate innovations by reducing the cost and schedule of constructing new nuclear plants and to make fabrication of nuclear power plant components faster, cheaper, and more reliable. By evaluating state-of-the-art practices found in other large manufacturing industries, the nuclear community has identified six major areas of innovation to reach the objectives of this DOE-NE program. Additionally, typical research case studies performed at INL, will be presented, showing the vast variety of opportunities for which, the next generation of researchers can seek solutions.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 1828190
• Report Number(s): INL/CON-21-61569-Rev001
• Conference Information: Ohio State University Nuclear Engineering Program, Virtual, 03/03/2021 - 03/03/2021
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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