Italy-based nuclear company Ansaldo Nucleare and US-based Westinghouse Electric Company have completed the first testing campaign at the passive heat removal facility recently built at Ansaldo Nucleare’s plant in Wolverhampton, central England.
The testing was part of efforts to develop Westinghouse’s Generation IV lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR) technology.
Ansaldo Nucleare led the design, purchase, installation and commissioning of two experimental facilities to support Westinghouse’s LFR technology. The two facilities are the versatile loop facility and the passive heat removal facility.