Jacobs Selected by Moltex Energy to Help Develop New Type of Nuclear Power Reactor

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Aug 06, 2020, 03:00 ET

DALLAS, Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs (NYSE:J) was selected by Moltex Energy to support their development of a new type of nuclear power plant – the Stable Salt Reactor. Jacobs will build a bespoke experimental facility for thermal transfer testing at its Birchwood Park research and development facility in the U.K.

Based on breakthrough science, Moltex Energy's Stable Salt Reactor is designed to generate low cost electricity by burning processed spent fuel pellets which would otherwise have to be stored as radioactive waste.

Impression of a Moltex Energy power plant. Image courtesy of Moltex Energy, Ltd.

To assist with validation of thermal transfer modelling, Jacobs' chemistry, materials, engineering, instrumentation and modeling teams will collaborate to create a technically complex simulation to replicate the heat output of a fuel channel and to validate computational fluid dynamics modelling of the thermal transfer across the fuel assemblies into the coolant.

Moltex already uses Jacobs' ANSWERS® software for radiation transport modeling and simulation of reactor performance.

"We're looking forward to continuing our support for Moltex into this new phase of development as part of our strategy to be a solutions provider at the cutting edge of research into advanced reactors," said Jacobs Critical Mission Solutions International Senior Vice President Clive White. "The Stable Salt Reactor design is significant because of its potential to recycle waste in a clean, safe and economical way, generating electricity which will power communities while reducing carbon emissions."

Moltex has been awarded more than $6 million in funding from Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, a United States Department of Energy agency, to help develop the reactor, which is cooled using molten salt.

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