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NNSA awards BWXT $1.5B defense fuels contract
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded BWX Technologies a contract valued at $1.5 billion to build a Domestic Uranium Enrichment Centrifuge Experiment (DUECE) pilot plant in Tennessee in support of the administration’s efforts to build out a domestic supply of unobligated enriched uranium for defense-related nuclear fuel.
Hosein Moayedi, Soheil Hajibaba, Hossein Afarideh, Mitra Ghergherehchi, Masoumeh Mohamadian
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 195 | Number 6 | June 2021 | Pages 614-625
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2020.1848199
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In this paper, a beta radioluminescent battery with different radioisotopes is studied, and different parameters of the proposed structure are optimized. These parameters include the luminescent layer thickness, the doping concentration in the semiconductor P-N junction, etc. Some of the parameters have an inverse effect on the battery outputs. So, a trade-off is sought between them to increase efficiency. Each part of the proposed structure is divided into much smaller parts in the simulations to ensure proper tracking of photons and the creation of electron holes in the semiconductor layer. Also, the passage of particles through each layer is carefully reviewed and calculated in terms of particle crossing percentage, their reflection percentage, rate of self-absorption, etc. Finally, the power, open-circuit voltage, and short-circuit current density of the proposed battery versus the main parameter changes are presented.