ANL Design Team Analysis: Transportable Modular Reactor by Balance of Plant Elimination

Technical Report · Thu Mar 31 04:00:00 EDT 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1863534· OSTI ID:1863534

Stauff, N. ^[1]; Lee, C. H. ^[1]; Filippone, C. ^[2]

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1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
2. HolosGen LLC, Manassas Park, VA (United States)

HolosGen LLC is developing “Holos-Quad” a transportable gas-cooled reactor, with integral load following power conversion systems equipping subcritical power modules (SPMs), fully comprised within standard transport containers. The design eliminates the Balance of Plant (BoP) and greatly simplifies the design layout. A closed-loop full Brayton gas thermodynamic cycle converts the fuel cartridges thermal energy into electricity. This ARPA-E project utilizes advanced reactor modeling tools and manufacturing-testing of a scaled SPM equipped with a surrogate fuel cartridge to eliminate the most significant technology gaps to accelerate commercialization. The Argonne Design Team contributes to the research by demonstrating feasibility of various aspects of the Holos-Quad design by performing high-fidelity neutronic modeling, and investigating various reactivity control systems. This work consists of two main tasks: evaluation of HolosGen’s design features and alternative options study for reactivity control.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); HolosGen LLC, Manassas Park, VA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 1863534
• Report Number(s): ANL/NSE-C2019-19078; A19078; 174331
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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