Nuclear at Argonne: Natural Convection Shutdown Heat Removal Test Facility

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Argonne National Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory where scientists research and develop world-class innovation in nuclear energy.

Argonne’s Natural Convection Shutdown Heat Removal Test Facility (NSTF) is a state-of-the-art, large-scale facility for evaluating performance capabilities of decay heat removal systems. The NSTF’s purpose is to examine passive safety for future nuclear reactors, provide a framework to explore alternative reactor design concepts; and generate benchmarking data to validate advanced computer models.

In this video, you will learn how teams of researchers use this facility to study how nuclear reactors safely cool themselves without external power source or human intervention, and how the facility’s data helps the U.S. nuclear industry design and build clean energy power plants that will help the U.S. reach its decarbonization goals.

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Argonne National Laboratory seeks solutions to pressing national problems in science and technology. The nation’s first national laboratory, Argonne conducts leading-edge basic and applied scientific research in virtually every scientific discipline. Argonne researchers work closely with researchers from hundreds of companies, universities, and federal, state and municipal agencies to help them solve their specific problems, advance America’s scientific leadership and prepare the nation for a better future. With employees from more than 60 nations, Argonne is managed by UChicago Argonne, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, visit the Office of Science website.