ORNL leads international community on safeguards, security for advanced reactors
December 02, 2024
December 02, 2024
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
New and advanced nuclear reactor technologies including small modular reactors, or SMRs and their associated fuel cycles represent growing opportunities for scalable carbon-free energy production. But their novel designs, new fuel types and forms, and unique operating environments pose distinct challenges for safeguards, the methods used to verify that nuc . . .
New and advanced nuclear reactor technologies including small modular reactors, or SMRs and their associated fuel cycles represent growing opportunities for scalable carbon-free energy production. But their novel designs, new fuel types and forms, and unique operating environments pose distinct challenges for safeguards, the methods used to verify that nuc . . .