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Victoria Ashley, MEng CEng FIChemE
Victoria Ashley has managed Jacobs’ programme to develop the ADTR™ power station since its inception. Victoria is a chartered chemical engineer, with more than 15 years’ experience in the nuclear industry. She has in depth experience of process modelling, management of decommissioning and spent 2 years on the Hanford nuclear project leading the design flow-sheeting. She has 5 years’ experience in the management of a large team of modellers, providing technology service to nuclear plants. She also has experience of project managing research and facilities activities for nuclear sites, including NDA research portfolios at Sellafield and improvement projects at various sites.

Roger Ashworth, BSc
Roger Ashworth has worked as a consultant engineer at Jacobs for more than 10 years and is currently Senior Physicist for the ADTR™ project. Graduating from the University of London Kings College as a physicist he has since specialised in simulation software. Using Monte Carlo and Discrete Event software techniques he has modelled systems as diverse as water treatment plants to nuclear processes. Roger also has experience working on remote handling and robot control software for both offshore oil and gas and nuclear industries.
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Date 29 APRIL 2013
Time 18:00 - 19:35
Event Type Lecture

Speakers:
Victoria Ashley, Project Manager, Jacobs
Roger Ashworth, Senior Physicist, ADTR Project

Chaired by:
John E Earp, ICE Energy Journal Editorial Panel

Presentation of the 2012 Telford Gold Medal award winning paper

Jacobs conceptually designed the accelerator-driven thorium reactor 600 MWe power station, an accelerator-driven, thorium-fuelled, lead-cooled fast reactor. Project objectives were to demonstrate the technical feasibility of the design to ensure a viable product. Aims were to apply established technology where possible, minimising research and development requirements, develop and protect intellectual property and align with Generation IV strategy.

A business case demonstrates economic and market potential to stakeholders, and partners are being pursued to take the project through to successful completion. Thorium is an attractive alternative to uranium fuel, being more abundant and avoiding the need for enrichment. Additionally the accelerator-driven thorium reactor can burn waste actinides generated in uranium-fuelled reactors, providing sustainable energy for future civilisation. Choosing a sub-critical accelerator-driven system provides safe operating margins for the thorium fuel cycle. The proposed reactivity coefficient of 0•995 allows selection of an industrial-scale accelerator with commercial benefits which led to a novel solution for measurement and control of reactivity.

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The Accelerator Driven Thorium reactor power station
 
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