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Holtec hits milestones in Palisades restart, new reactor projects
Steam rises from the Palisades nuclear power plant. (Photo: Holtec International)
The restart of Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert, Mich., has hit a milestone with the passivation of its primary system, plant owner Holtec International announced Monday, even as a firm restart date has yet to be announced.
Passivation is a chemical process that improves corrosion resistance by making plant materials less reactive. During the process, the reactor’s primary system was brought to normal operating temperature and pressure. Holtec called this passivation phase an “essential step” in maintaining the long-term reliability of equipment.
N. J. Pattenden, J. A. Harvey
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 17 | Number 3 | November 1963 | Pages 404-410
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE63-A17389
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The neutron total cross section of U233 was measured from 0.07 to 10,000 ev, using the ORNL fast chopper time-of-flight neutron spectrometer. Below 30 ev the neutron energy resolution varied from 0.7 to 1.5% and above 30 ev it was 60 nanosec/meter. A description is given of the measurements, the samples, and some of the errors in the measurements. The errors on the total cross section data are estimated to be from ±0.6 to 1.1% below 1 ev, from 1.1 to 2.5% between 1 and 100 ev, and from 1.5 to 5.5% above 100 ev.