Advanced Reactors and Long Term Prospects in Asia Pacific Region. Dr Adi Paterson ANA 2015 Conference, Sydney 2015.
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1 Advanced Reactors and Long Term Prospects in Asia Pacific Region Dr Adi Paterson ANA 2015 Conference, Sydney 2015.
2 Source:
3 Electricity use per capita World Bank, 2011
4 Advanced reactors Older Reactors (no more builds) New Reactors (current builds) Small Modular Gen III+ Integral-PWRs Reactors Gen IV HTGRs MSRs SFRs LBFRs
5 Planned Reactors Source: FT.com (2012)
6 Future Reactors Source: FT.com (2012)
7 Source: Exxon Mobil Energy Scenarios 2013
8 Residential Energy: Population (2010 and 2040) Asymmetrical growth.. Source: Exxon Mobil Energy Scenarios 2013
9 Low temperature Gas Reactors AGR (UK) Magnox: Latina (Italy)
10 Latina
11 High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors HTR-PM
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13 HTR-PM
14 Nuclear can be puzzling.. Is history important for (re-)new for/to nuclear countries? Is history important in our region? Human capital Intellectual capital Institutional capital Social capital
15 How to Connect Maintain critical skills and intelligent buyer status Very near term: support supply chain and human capital Near term: industry development, economics and regulation Australia has built, licensed and operates the OPAL multi-purpose reactor
16 OPAL at POWER
17 Effect on UK Nuclear R&D Workforce
18 R&D workforce must grow with Nuclear Power PEOPLE Source: Lyndon Edwards TIME
19 Gen IV reactors Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor Supercritical Water Reactor Very High Temperature Reactor Gas Cooled Fast Reactor Molten Salt Reactor Lead Cooled Fast Reactor
20 Institute of Materials Engineering Nuclear Materials Science Structural Integrity Nuclear Materials Modelling and Characterisation Nuclear Security Research Governance, Administration and Facility Support synrocansto
21 Advanced reactors Older Reactors (no more builds) New Reactors (current builds) Small Modular Gen III+ Integral-PWRs Reactors Gen IV HTGRs MSRs SFRs LBFRs
22 ANSTO and SINAP collaboration Signing of ANSTO SINAP MOU 2012
23 Knowledge base: the materials challenge Graphics: nucleararcher.blogspot.com
24 Knowledge base: Nuclear Fuels Accident tolerant fuels TRISO fuels Thorium
25 Knowledge base: Nuclear Engineering Capital Programs OPAL ANSTO Mo-99 Plant Synroc Plant Digital systems upgrade(s) Neutron Scattering And the Accelerator tradition
26 SINAP: TMSR-SF1 in 2016 Reflector Neutron Source Channel Active Region Control Rod Measuring & Experiment Channel 10 MW thermal 14,650 6cm dia. TRISO pebbles Primary coolant: 2LiF-BeF 2 Secondary coolant: FLiNaK Operating Temperature: 628 U-235 enrichment: % (13.1 kg)
27 ANSTO-SINAP JRC Requirements of MSR structural materials: Corrosion Irradiation + Corrosion MSR Operating Environment Irradiation Operating temperatures of o C Corrosive molten fluoride salt (FLiNaK; FLiBe) Corrosion + High Temperature Irradiation + High Temperature Neutron radiation 0.6 MPa pressure High Temperature 30 yrs reactor design life Creep deformation
28 Origins of molten salt HTRE -2 HTRE -3 Fuel = 235 Uranium, high enrichment. Moderator = Beryllium Oxide (BeO) Coolant = NaF-ZrF 4 -UF 4 ( mol%) Power = 35 MW (HTRE-3) Operating hours = 126 hours ( HTRE )
29 US AHTR research Courtesy of Prof. C. Forsberg, MIT. Salt cooled, solid fuel design FLiBe primary coolant FLiNaK secondary coolant TRISO fuel Graphite moderator Core outlet temp. ~ 700 C IRP involves UCB, MIT and U of Wisconsin Madison
30 Courtesy of Prof. C. Forsberg, MIT. MSR program (China)
31 The Long Game: Hi-Vis SFR GE Hitachi TM PRISM reactor ROSATOM TM BN-800 TerraPower TM Travelling Wave Reactor
32 Reasons to Stay Involved Global energy demand: asymmetrical growth Nuclear will: Energy density, fuel security, CO 2 Short to medium term nuclear options: Gen-II+, SMR Medium to long term: Generation IV.. Use the envelope(s) Beyond sovereignty: towards a global model Strategic view of the fuel cycle Being relevant in our region
33 Partnership and Collaboration
34 Acknowledgements +other INL Mark Ho Lyndon Edwards
35 Thank you Acknowledgments: Mark Ho and Jarrod Powell (ANSTO)
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