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Leading the charge: INL’s role in advancing HALEU production
Idaho National Laboratory is playing a key role in helping the U.S. Department of Energy meet near-term needs by recovering HALEU from federal inventories, providing critical support to help lay the foundation for a future commercial HALEU supply chain. INL also supports coordination of broader DOE efforts, from material recovery at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina to commercial enrichment initiatives.
T. Ozaki, S. Morita, R. Kumazawa, K. Nishimura, S. Masuda, A. Ejiri, T. Minami, I. Yamada, K. Narihara, S. Okamura, K. Matsuoka, A. Sagara, H. Idei, S. Kubo, K. Tanaka, C. Takahashi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 27 | Number 3 | April 1995 | Pages 244-247
Helical Systems | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A11947079
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The ratio of hydrogen (minority) to deuterium in the ion cyclotron range of frequency (ICRF) heating experiment has been measured using visible spectroscopy. The large increase in the stored energy during ICRF heating is observed with boronization, compared with titanium gettering, mainly because of the reduction of impurity radiation. The minority ratio, however, is not controllable due to the increase in hydrogen amount. After the electron cyclotron resonance discharge cleaning using deuterium gas the hydrogen amount has been successfully reduced. As a result it has been more effective than He-glow discharge cleaning. When the hydrogen minority decreases, the ion heating is expected. The maximum stored energy is obtained with the minority ratio of 30 % at a line-averaged density of 3.3×1013 cm-3.