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ARCO – Yasir Arafat is a MARVEL superhero. No, he’s not a Marvel Comics superhero. Rather, he’s a nuclear engineer leading developer of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Microreactor Applications Research Validation and Evaluation project at Idaho National Laboratory. And from concept to construction, MARVEL is coming together at lightning speed. MARVEL will be built […]
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A full-scale electrically heated prototype for the US Department of Energy's Microreactor Applications Research Validation and Evaluation reactor has been built at Idaho National Laboratory.
(Photo : Getty Images (Stefani Reynolds)) Microreactor, as planned by the United States' Department of Energy (DOE), is said to be in the works to help researchers and users understand how the device can be integrated with other technologies. The Microreactor Applications Research Validation and EvaLuation (MARVEL) liquid-metal cooled microreactor could possibly be operational within three years, as per DOE. What is a Microreactor? According to Wisegeek, a microreactor is a small, factory fabricated, transportable device where chemical reactions can take place. It usually measures less than ...