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Nuclear Technology: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Dr. Rachel Slaybaugh, ARPA-E Program Director March 19, 2018

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Nuclear Technology: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

Dr. Rachel Slaybaugh, ARPA-E Program Director

March 19, 2018

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Big Potential

1https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/content/assets/images/energy/us/Energy_US_2016.png

International Energy Agency, Technology Roadmap: Nuclear Energy, 2015

U.S. Generation

Currently 8.5 Quads

Potential for 90 Quads

Global Nuclear Energy Market

Estimated $740 Billion Over Next 10 Years

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Work It: New Tech Needed for The Future

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3aMaterial Damage

Was, Gary S. "Challenges to the use of ion irradiation for emulating reactor irradiation." Journal of Materials Research 30.9 (2015): 1158-1182.

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Make It: New Fuels and Materials for Better Performance

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2a: https://public.ornl.gov/conferences/MSR2016/

2b: https://atomicinsights.com/advances-high-temperature-nuclear-reactor-fuel-triso-integrity-1800-c/

2c: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601121/this-new-fuel-could-make-nuclear-power-safer-and-cheaper/

2d: http://www.ga.com/accident-tolerant-fuel

2a

2b

2c

2d

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Do It?

4Corradini, Michael. “DOE Advanced Test and Demonstration Reactor Options.” Presentation to SEAB. Washington, DC. March 23, 2016.

Time and Cost of New Reactor Development

10 years

$1 B

15 years

$2 B

20 years

$4 B

Few test facilities in the world

‣That aren’t always available

‣And may not have large test spaces

‣With varying operational conditions

More

Experience

Less

Experience

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What If We Changed How We Do Experiments?

E.g.: I want to qualify Vibranium for use as a structural material:

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Now

‣3 unique samples/variations

‣10 years

‣$10 000 000

‣Stuck with operational conditions

‣Limited to direct measurement of

bulk properties/behavior

What If?

‣30 unique samples/variations

‣10 months

‣$10 000

‣Known operational conditions

‣Measurement of very small

samples is enough

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Parallelize experiments:

additive manufacturing, &

advanced sensoring

Improve models of how

very physically small

experiments map

quantitatively into bulk

properties

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