NuScale Power Fabricates First Boron Pellets for Small Modular Reactor Safety System

NuScale Power and MillenniTEK successfully fabricated the first boron-oxide pellets for its 77 MW small modular reactor's emergency cooling system.

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NuScale Power has fabricated the first boron-oxide pellets designed for the passive emergency cooling system of its small modular reactor. ^[1] NuScale says its SMR design is the first and only one to have received design certification from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ^[2] NuScale's reactor technology is based on the NuScale Power Module, a pressurized water reactor designed to generate 77 megawatts of electricity per module. ^[3] The pellets were produced with advanced nuclear materials manufacturer MillenniTEK as NuScale works to move its reactor technology closer to commercial deployment. ^[4] According to the companies, the boron-oxide pellets dissolve automatically in the reactor coolant when the passive safety system activates, maintaining core reactivity within safe limits and dissipating decay heat without manual operator intervention. ^[5] John Hopkins, chief executive officer of NuScale Power Corporation, said the tangible advance demonstrates that NuScale's technology is prepared for near-term deployment. ^[6]

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NuScale Power has fabricated the first boron-oxide pellets designed for the passive emergency cooling system of its small modular reactor. · Interesting Engineering

NuScale says its SMR design is the first and only one to have received design certification from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. · Interesting Engineering

NuScale's reactor technology is based on the NuScale Power Module, a pressurized water reactor designed to generate 77 megawatts of electricity per module. · Interesting Engineering

The pellets were produced with advanced nuclear materials manufacturer MillenniTEK as NuScale works to move its reactor technology closer to commercial deployment. · Interesting Engineering

According to the companies, the boron-oxide pellets dissolve automatically in the reactor coolant when the passive safety system activates, maintaining core reactivity within safe limits and dissipating decay heat without manual operator intervention. ·

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John Hopkins, chief executive officer of NuScale Power Corporation, said the tangible advance demonstrates that NuScale's technology is prepared for near-term deployment. ·

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