Fall 2025 Colloquium
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Research on Advanced Reactors and Fusion Energy Systems at UW-Madison
3105 Etcheverry Hall 3105 Etcheverry Hall, Berkeley, CA, United StatesAbstract: This talk will give an overview of a few different projects at UW-Madison on advanced fission and fusion reactor technology development at UW-Madison. Firstly, an irregular design of PWR assembly is introduced, which allows the number of pins to be increased while maintaining backward compatibility, hence facilitating core uprates. Secondly, a molten chloride salt-fueled…