A Meltdown-Proof Nuclear Reactor?
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Author and retired power generation senior executive Fritz Gautschi has been involved in international operations and management for over 35 years. Among Fritz Gautschi’s professional experiences has been managing nuclear power plants.
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The world is presently decommissioning nuclear reactors faster than the increase in wind and solar power (1). Solar energy is only available 26% of the time and wind 33%. Nuclear is 24/7. To make up for the net nuclear decrease, we are increasing our burning of fossil fuels. They are raising carbon dioxide emissions that are warming our planet. This is particularly true in Germany.
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ISSN1369 7021 © Elsevier Ltd 2010DECEMBER 2010 VOLUME 13 .docx
ISSN:1369 7021 © Elsevier Ltd 2010DECEMBER 2010 | VOLUME 13 | NUMBER 1214
Materials challenges for
nuclear systems
The safe and economical operation of any nuclear power system relies
to a great extent, on the success of the fuel and the materials of
construction. During the lifetime of a nuclear power system which
currently can be as long as 60 years, the materials are subject to high
temperature, a corrosive environment, and damage from high-energy
particles released during fission. The fuel which provides the power for
the reactor has a much shorter life but is subject to the same types of
harsh environments. This article reviews the environments in which fuels
and materials from current and proposed nuclear systems operate and
then describes how the creation of the Advanced Test Reactor National
Scientific User Facility is allowing researchers from across the United
States to test their ideas for improved fuels and materials.
Todd Allena, Jeremy Busbyb, Mitch Meyerc, David Pettic
a Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
b Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
c Nuclear Science and Technology Division, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, United States
* E-mail: [email protected]
Successful operation of current light water reactors and
implementation of advanced nuclear energy systems is strongly
dependent on the performance of fuels and materials. A typical
Light Water Reactor (LWR) contains numerous types of materials
(Fig. 1) that must all perform successfully. A majority of the
LWRs in the U.S. are extending their operating licenses from a 40
year period to a 60 year period, with initial discussions about 80
year lifetimes now underway. Many proposed advanced systems
(also known as Generation IV systems) anticipate operation at
temperatures and radiation exposures that are beyond current
nuclear industry experience, as well as most previous experience
with developmental systems1-7.
Table 1 summarizes the expected environments during normal
operation for the six Generation IV systems. For comparison, the
operating conditions for a Pressurized Water Reactor (a type of light
water reactor) are also listed. The Generation IV systems are expected
to operate at higher temperatures, to higher radiation doses, at
higher pressures, and in some cases with coolants that present more
challenging corrosion problems than current LWRs. Generation IV
systems are expected to operate for at least 60 years.
MT1312p14_23.indd 14 18/11/2010 10:46:28
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would improve the energy extraction from the fuel, limit the total
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A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates more fissile material than it consumes. These
devices achieve this because their neutron economy is high enough to breed more fissile fuel
than they use from fertile material, such as uranium-238 or thorium-232.Breeder reactors could,
in principle, extract almost all of the energy contained in uranium or thorium, decreasing fuel
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which extract less than 1% of the energy in the uranium mined from the earth.The high fuel
efficiency of breeder reactors could greatly reduce concerns about fuel supply or energy used in
mining. A \'breeder\' is simply a reactor designed for very high neutron economy with an
associated conversion rate higher than 1.0. In principle, almost any reactor design could possibly
be tweaked to become a breeder. An example of this process is the evolution of the Light Water
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light water in an extremely low-density supercritical form to increase the neutron economy high
enough to allow breeding.
(2) breeder reactors breed fuel by-
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more plutonium, which can be separated and reused as fuel.
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possible. These include molten-salt cooled, gas cooled, and liquid metal cooled designs in many
variations. Almost any of these basic design types may be fueled by uranium, plutonium, many
minor actinides, or thorium, and they may be designed for many different goals, such as creating
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Materials challenges for
nuclear systems
The safe and economical operation of any nuclear power system relies
to a great extent, on the success of the fuel and the materials of
construction. During the lifetime of a nuclear power system which
currently can be as long as 60 years, the materials are subject to high
temperature, a corrosive environment, and damage from high-energy
particles released during fission. The fuel which provides the power for
the reactor has a much shorter life but is subject to the same types of
harsh environments. This article reviews the environments in which fuels
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then describes how the creation of the Advanced Test Reactor National
Scientific User Facility is allowing researchers from across the United
States to test their ideas for improved fuels and materials.
Todd Allena, Jeremy Busbyb, Mitch Meyerc, David Pettic
a Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
b Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
c Nuclear Science and Technology Division, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, United States
* E-mail: [email protected]
Successful operation of current light water reactors and
implementation of advanced nuclear energy systems is strongly
dependent on the performance of fuels and materials. A typical
Light Water Reactor (LWR) contains numerous types of materials
(Fig. 1) that must all perform successfully. A majority of the
LWRs in the U.S. are extending their operating licenses from a 40
year period to a 60 year period, with initial discussions about 80
year lifetimes now underway. Many proposed advanced systems
(also known as Generation IV systems) anticipate operation at
temperatures and radiation exposures that are beyond current
nuclear industry experience, as well as most previous experience
with developmental systems1-7.
Table 1 summarizes the expected environments during normal
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operating conditions for a Pressurized Water Reactor (a type of light
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- R&D investments by governments and corporations have disproportionately favored nuclear fission and fusion technologies, especially weapons-related work, for 71 years
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Solution
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A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates more fissile material than it consumes. These
devices achieve this because their neutron economy is high enough to breed more fissile fuel
than they use from fertile material, such as uranium-238 or thorium-232.Breeder reactors could,
in principle, extract almost all of the energy contained in uranium or thorium, decreasing fuel
requirements by a factor of 100 compared to widely used once-through light water reactors,
which extract less than 1% of the energy in the uranium mined from the earth.The high fuel
efficiency of breeder reactors could greatly reduce concerns about fuel supply or energy used in
mining. A \'breeder\' is simply a reactor designed for very high neutron economy with an
associated conversion rate higher than 1.0. In principle, almost any reactor design could possibly
be tweaked to become a breeder. An example of this process is the evolution of the Light Water
Reactor, a very heavily moderated thermal design, into the Super Fast Reactor concept, using
light water in an extremely low-density supercritical form to increase the neutron economy high
enough to allow breeding.
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Conventional reactors use uranium as fuel and produce some plutonium. Breeders produce much
more plutonium, which can be separated and reused as fuel.
(3) reactors that can be used as breeders-
Aside from water cooled, there are many other types of breeder reactor currently envisioned as
possible. These include molten-salt cooled, gas cooled, and liquid metal cooled designs in many
variations. Almost any of these basic design types may be fueled by uranium, plutonium, many
minor actinides, or thorium, and they may be designed for many different goals, such as creating
more fissile fuel, long-term steady-state operation, or active burning of nuclear wastes.
For convenience, it is perhaps simplest to divide the extant reactor designs into two broad
categories based upon their neutron spectrum, which has the natural effect of dividing the reactor
designs into those designed to use primarily uranium and transuranics, and those designed to use
thorium and avoid transuranics.
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benifits:
Breeder reactors use highly enriched fuels, which pose the danger of critical accidents. They also
work at a very high temperature and a fast pace.
Plutonium persists for a long time in the environment, with a half-life of 24,000 years, and is
highly toxic, causing lung cancer even if a small amount is inhaled.
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construction alone.
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