Pre-conceptual Evaluation of DOD Pele Microreactor Sites at Idaho National Laboratory

Technical Report · Wed Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1834745· OSTI ID:1834745

Conner, Alison M. ^[1]; Griffith, George W. ^[1]; Lee, Randy D. ^[1]

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1. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Members of the INL Land Use Committee met to discuss potential options and make recommendations for siting the Pele microreactor demonstration and testing projects at INL. The Pele microreactor prototype will be a DOE authorized reactor. The evaluation team of subject matter experts (SME) was asked to consider both indoor sites and outdoor sites. A preliminary evaluation was performed by the SME team and based on those discussions the following recommendations were made: (1) Present EBR-II as the most suitable indoor site, and (2) Utilize CITRC Pads A-D as a system of outdoor demonstration and testing sites. Each pad has its own set of attributes that have been established to enable equipment testing and can provide options for various configurations when the group of pads are used as a system of testing sites. Utilizing CITRC Pads A-D as a system of sites offers flexibility in scheduling activities at CITRC to meet existing program schedules and future Pele program demonstration and testing needs with the least programmatic impact.

• 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: 1834745
• Report Number(s): INL/EXT-21-61331-Rev002
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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