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DOE approves conceptual safety design report for Oklo fuel fabrication facility
Oklo Inc. announced yesterday that a safety design report for the Aurora fuel fabrication facility the company plans to build at Idaho National Laboratory has the approval of the Department of Energy. At the facility, Oklo plans to use high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) that has been recovered from used Experimental Breeder Reactor-II fuel to produce fuel for its first planned microreactor—dubbed Aurora—which is also set for deployment at INL.
A. Busigin, K.M. Kalyanam, S.K. Sood
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 2 | March 1992 | Pages 512-517
Safety; Measurement and Accountability; Operation and Maintenance; Application | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29798
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This paper reviews the basic mechanisms governing tritium release rates from a spill of tritiated water and develops a mathematical model which can be used in these types of calculations. The model accounts for the mechanisms of evaporation and condensation at the water surface and water species exchange, and is applicable under a broad range of wind, temperature and humidity conditions. The model predictions are compared with a broad range of published data and other models, and the predictions are in good agreement with published experimental data.