DESIGN AND LAYOUT CONCEPTS FOR COMPACT, FACTORY-PRODUCED, TRANSPORTABLE, GENERATION IV REACTOR SYSTEMS

Technical Report · Wed Nov 12 00:00:00 EST 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/817548· OSTI ID:817548

Mynatt, Fred R; Townsend, L W; Williamson, Martin; Williams, Wesley; Miller, Laurence W; Khan, M Khurram; McConn, Joe; Kadak, Andrew C; Berte, Marc V; Sawhney, Rapinder; Fife, Jacob; Sedler, Todd L; Conway, Larry E; Felde, Dave K

The purpose of this research project is to develop compact (100 to 400 MWe) Generation IV nuclear power plant design and layout concepts that maximize the benefits of factory-based fabrication and optimal packaging, transportation and siting. The reactor concepts selected were compact designs under development in the 2000 to 2001 period. This interdisciplinary project was comprised of three university-led nuclear engineering teams identified by reactor coolant type (water, gas, and liquid metal) and a fourth Industrial Engineering team. The reactors included a Modular Pebble Bed helium-cooled concept being developed at MIT, the IRIS water-cooled concept being developed by a team led by Westinghouse Electric Company, and a Lead-Bismuth-cooled concept developed by UT. In addition to the design and layout concepts this report includes a section on heat exchanger manufacturing simulations and a section on construction and cost impacts of proposed modular designs.

• Research Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology (NE) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: FG07-00SF22168
• OSTI ID: 817548
• Report Number(s): DOESF22168; TRN: US0400169
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 12 Nov 2003
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
CONSTRUCTION
COOLANTS
DESIGN
FABRICATION
HEAT EXCHANGERS
LIQUID METALS
MANUFACTURING
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
PACKAGING
WATER
COMPACT ADVANCED NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DESIGN
LAYOUT CONCEPTS
FACTORY-BASED FABRICATION
OPTIMAL PACKAGING
TRANSPORTATION AND SITING
MODULAR PEBBLE BED HELIUM-COOLED CONCEPT
IRIS WATER-COOLED CONCEPT
LEAD-BISMUTH-COOLED CONCEPT
REACTOR COMPONENT MANUFACTURING SIMULATION
CONSTRUCTION AND COST IMPACTS OF PROPOSED MODULAR DESIGNS