THE UK NATIONAL THERMAL-HYDRAULICS FACILITY: MOTIVATIONS, DESIGN AND PLANNING STATUS

A UK National Thermal-Hydraulics Facility (NTHF) dedicated to supporting new reactor and other relevant business is being developed, one of the purposes deliver on government’s carbon emission reduction commitments. The facility site foreseen be at Menai Science Park isle Anglesey in North Wales, a region expected see significant low energy deployment coming years. NTHF envisioned cater for needs emerging nuclear – but also serve as hardware platform international thermal-hydraulics research collaboration. Plans are construct capable maintaining several test loops including support UK’s on-going, conventional build programme well Gen-IV systems associated materials like molten salt liquid metal coolant media. Motivations given capabilities requirements, which form basis its current design planning state.