J. Blatz
SHINE Technologies,
United States
Keywords: lessons learned, fusion facility, public-private partnership
Summary:
SHINE Technologies, LLC (SHINE) is a nuclear technology company based in southern Wisconsin. SHINE has developed a market-driven, four-phase approach to commercializing fusion technology. Much of our current focus is on medical isotope production, but we have begun to leverage that expertise to investigate used nuclear fuel (UNF) recycling and transmutation. SHINE has designed, built, licensed, and is in the process of installing process equipment within a 10 CFR Part 50 licensed facility, wherein aqueous uranyl sulfate will be irradiated with DT fusion neutrons and then harvested for short-lived fission products such as Mo-99. SHINE also designed, constructed, and has been operating an R&D facility with a large tritium inventory and an intense DT neutron fusion system for over 5 years that is licensed by the State of Wisconsin (an NRC Agreement State). This presentation will provide background on SHINE’s fusion and related technologies, and discuss lessons learned from the design, construction, licensing, and operation of our DT fusion facilities in the United States.