PIRSA:11070079

Using Antimatter to Aid in the Design of Safer more Efficient Nuclear Power Plants

Smith, M. (2011). Using Antimatter to Aid in the Design of Safer more Efficient Nuclear Power Plants. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/11070079

Smith, Marisa. Using Antimatter to Aid in the Design of Safer more Efficient Nuclear Power Plants. Perimeter Institute, Jul. 21, 2011, https://pirsa.org/11070079 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:11070079,
            doi = {10.48660/11070079},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/11070079},
            author = {Smith, Marisa},
            keywords = {},
            language = {en},
            title = {Using Antimatter to Aid in the Design of Safer more Efficient Nuclear Power Plants},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2011},
            month = {jul},
            note = {PIRSA:11070079 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Marisa Smith

DOI 10.48660/11070079
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Talk Type Conference

Abstract

We are doing research on the chemical reaction of the hydrogen atom with water under sub- and supercritical conditions. Supercritical water is water above the critical point (373.9 C and 220.6 bar). This reaction is one of the most important reactions in the next generation of nuclear reactors called Gen IV, where supercritical water will be used as a coolant. We have been studying this reaction by the SR experimental technique. SR is the only technique that is able to work under these extreme conditions to provide kinetics data and it can be a billion times more sensitive than other techniques. TRIUMF, the particle accelerator in Vancouver is the facility that we used to collect data.