Transformational Challenge Reactor Agile Design Enabled by Additive Manufacturing

摘要

The major goal of the US Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) Transformational Challenge Reactor (TCR) Program is to change the deployment costs of new nuclear power generation by leveraging advances in multiple disciplines to accelerate the design, manufacturing, qualification, and deployment of advanced nuclear energy systems. To achieve this paradigm shift, the TCR program will design, build, and operate a microreactor using a rapid advanced manufacturing approach [1].The preconceptual and conceptual [2, 3] reactor design phases of the TCR program implemented an agile design approach characterized by rapid prototyping, iterative interdisciplinary design sprints, and flexibility in adapting to changes in technologies and requirements. This approach is uniquely enabled by using additive manufacturing technologies and by adopting key agile development values. Implementing, demonstrating, and documenting this approach is a key component of the TCR program.