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Penn State and Westinghouse make eVinci microreactor plan official
Penn State and Westinghouse Electric Company are working together to site a new research reactor on Penn State’s University Park, Pa., campus: Westinghouse’s eVinci, a HALEU TRISO-fueled sodium heat-pipe reactor. Penn State has announced that it submitted a letter of intent to host and operate an eVinci reactor to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on February 28 and plans to engage with the NRC on specific siting decisions. Penn State already boasts the Breazeale reactor, which began operating in 1955 as the first licensed research reactor at a university in the United States. At 70, the Breazeale reactor is still in operation.
C. A. Smith, Frank Rough
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 6 | Number 5 | November 1959 | Pages 391-395
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE59-A25677
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Specimens of uranium monocarbide of nearly theoretical density were prepared by are melting and casting. Physical property measurements of the unirradiated materials included hardness, density, electrical resistivity, thermal conductivity, linear expansion, modulus of elasticity, and compatibility with NaK and stainless steel. One group of specimens has been irradiated in the MTR to a burnup of 1400 Mwd/ton of uranium. Swelling was found to be in the range of 0.66 to 2.53%. Fission recoil from the surface of the specimens could account for the observed gas release.
