BWR’s and the new BWRX-300
Abstract: An overview of BWR will be provided to better understand how ~30% of US nuclear energy is generated. The seminar will then talk about the transition of the BWR technology to today BWRX-300. You will learn about natural circulation as quantified by the Saha-Zuber dimensional number.
Bio: Dr. Eric Loewen is the Chief Consulting Engineer for Advanced Plants Technology for GEH, headquartered in Wilmington, NC. His technical career started at Western State College in Gunnison, CO, with a Bachelor’s degree in Math and Chemistry, then served six years in the Nuclear Navy. Dr. Loewen left the Navy to pursue higher degrees (MS & Ph.D.) in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Wisconsin. He joined the Idaho National Laboratory to work on development of a lead-bismuth cooled reactor and using thorium-uranium fuel in LWRs as part of the international Generation IV program. In 2005 Dr. Loewen was selected as the American Nuclear Society’s Congressional Fellow and also elected as ANS President in 2011-12.
