The High-Flux research reactor at Petten in the Netherlands. Photo courtesy NRG. US-based advanced nuclear reactor developer Terrestrial Energy and NRG of the Netherlands have established a graphite irradiation programme to analyse graphite behaviour in Terrestrial Energy’s Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR).

NRG said the programme is part of Terrestrial Energy’s testing of the Generation IV IMSR. The irradiation is being carried out at NRG’s High-Flux research reactor at Petten in the Netherlands.

Graphite is a key component of the IMSR power plant. NRG said the graphite irradiation programme provides data that shows structural changes of IMSR graphite under irradiation conditions.

The agreement between Terrestrial Energy and NRG reinforces Terrestrial Energy’s partnership with the European Union’s scientific community. In March 2018, the company signed a technical services agreement with the European commission’s Joint Research Centre in Karlsruhe, Germany. This agreement focused on confirmatory studies of IMSR fuel and primary coolant salts.

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Source: Nucnet

Date: Thursday, 10 October 2019

Original article: nucnet.org/news/terrestrial-energy-and-nrg-analyse-imsr-graphite-behaviour-10-3-2019

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