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4.1 Ashley Jacobs UNTF2011
4.1 Ashley Jacobs UNTF2011
Presentation to UNTF2011
12 April 2011
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An introduction to Jacobs
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. is one of the worlds largest and most diverse
providers of professional technical services
2010 revenues of nearly $10 billion
Support to industrial, commercial, and government clients across multiple
markets
We provide a range of engineering, construction, operation, and maintenance
services for advanced research facilities, including fusion and fission energy,
nanoscale materials, high-powered lasers and x-rays in the US, Europe, UK
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Agenda
Introduction to Jacobs
The ADTRTM Technology
The ADTRTM Business Case
Conclusions
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Why nuclear?
World population is growing by approx 1.6% annually
Energy usage is increasing by approx 2% annually
Decreasing supply of fossil fuels
Issues of climate change
Alternative energy sources needed
Nuclear safety and waste issues need to be addressed
ADTRTM
K-effective 0.995
3MW accelerator power output
Reactivity controlled by enriched
boron10 control rods
Coolant circulated by axial flow
Source CERN 95/44 pumps
Heat exchangers separate from
main vessel
Slide 9
ADTRTM COMPLEX Passive Air Cooling
System Stack
Accelerator Beam
Transport
Refuelling machine
Steam collection tank
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Conversion of Fertile Thorium to Fissile Uranium
Thorium fuel requires fissionable
starter material +
Plutonium Th232 n1 Th233
Minor Actinides
(22.3 min)
Plutonium selected for ADTRTM
mixed oxide fuel
84.5%Th
Pa233
15.5%Pu (27 d)
U233 n1 n1
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Fuel Cycle Tendency to Equilibrium (11 cycles)
Self-sustained fuel
cycle possible
Over a 10 year fuel
cycle
Plutonium is burnt
U233 is produced
Delivers balanced
criticality
as much fissile
material produced
as is destroyed
All Pu All U
U233 Pa233
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Reactor Control First fuel cycle (10 year operation)
Reactivity vs Fuel Burn Up
0.035
Raw Reactivity
0.03
Plot
0.025
0.02
Reactivity
0.015
Control
0.01 Rods Control
Rods
0.005
Fuel Burn Up GW day/ton
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 Accelerator
-0.005
Controlled Reactivity keff = 0.995
-0.01
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Benchmarking against Generation IV Goals
Thorium is 3-5 times more abundant than Uranium
Thorium is by-product from rare earth mining
Minor actinides from a thorium reactor less than from a PWR
Can be configured as a minor actinide burner reducing long term waste
Sustainability burden
ADTRTM consumes ~50% of its Plutonium starter over 10 year cycle
One ADTRTM can consume Pu from approx 1.5 PWRs
Gaseous emissions equivalent to conventional advanced systems
Low carbon emissions
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Agenda
Introduction to Jacobs
The ADTRTM Technology
The ADTRTM Business Case
Conclusions
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Programme aligns with GenIV timescales
Aim to build first commercial 600MW(e) reactor by 2030
Capital cost per KW equivalent to current reactors
Further reduced costs due to:
Long refuelling time therefore lower operational costs
Use of thorium fuel requires no enrichment
Technical &
No significant
commercially viable
Concept &
Regulators
Development Issues
Endorsement
of Site and Design
2 years
Feasibility Licenses issued
5 years
Study Completion Date
Concept 5 years
design &
development System
definition, Plant
3 years
design & Safety
Case Pre-licensing & 7 years
site selection
Detailed design Construction &
& fabrication Completion
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Agenda
Introduction to Aker Solutions
The ADTRTM Project and Business Case
The ADTRTM Technology
Conclusions
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The ADTRTM Team
www.jacobs.com
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Copyright
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in Jacobs and third party contributors as appropriate. Accordingly, neither the whole nor any part of this document
shall be reproduced in any form nor used in any manner without express prior permission and applicable
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Disclaimer
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to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ. These statements and this Presentation are
based on current expectations, estimates and projections about global economic conditions, the economic
conditions of the regions and industries that are major markets for Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (including
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liability to you or any other persons resulting from your use.
Jacobs consists of many legally independent entities, constituting their own separate identities. Jacobs is used as
the common brand or trade mark for most of these entities. In this presentation we may sometimes use Jacobs,
we or us when we refer to Jacobs companies in general or where no useful purpose is served by identifying
any particular Jacobs company.
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