Bulletin of the American Physical Society
13th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Section of the APS
Volume 56, Number 10
Thursday–Saturday, October 20–22, 2011; Corvallis, Oregon
Session B2: Plenary Session II |
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Chair: Henri Jansen, Oregon State University Room: LaSells Stewart Center Construction and Engineering Hall |
Friday, October 21, 2011 10:48AM - 11:24AM |
B2.00001: The ILC - Straight to the Future Invited Speaker: An introduction to the International Linear Collider (ILC) includes management, international activities to date, facility rationale and the present R\&D situation. Details will be provided on activities underway, and reasons for choices of parameters and systems that have big effects on costs. A summary will include a look forward for a project construction start. [Preview Abstract] |
Friday, October 21, 2011 11:24AM - 12:00PM |
B2.00002: Nuclear Power - Post Fukushima Invited Speaker: The extreme events that led to the prolonged power outage at the Fukushima Daiicchi nuclear plant have highlighted the importance of assuring a means for stable long term cooling of the nuclear fuel and containment following a complete station blackout. Legislative bodies, regulatory agencies and industry are drawing lessons from those events and considering what changes, if any, are needed to nuclear power, post Fukushima. The enhanced safety of a new class of reactor designed by NuScale Power is drawing significant attention in light of the Fukushima events. During normal operation, each NuScale containment is fully immersed in a water-filled stainless steel lined concrete pool that resides underground. The pool, housed in a Seismic Category I building, is large enough to provided 30 days of core and containment cooling without adding water. After 30 days, the decay heat generations coupled with thermal radiation heat transfer is completely adequate to remove core decay heat for an unlimited period of time. These passive power systems can perform their function without requiring an external supply of water of power. An assessment of the NuScale passive systems is being performed through a comprehensive test program that includes the NuScale integral system test facility at Oregon State University [Preview Abstract] |
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