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BWXT will scout potential TRISO fuel production sites in Wyoming
BWX Technologies Inc. announced today that its Advanced Technologies subsidiary has signed a cooperation agreement with the state of Wyoming to evaluate locations and requirements for siting a potential new TRISO nuclear fuel fabrication facility in the state.
B. R. Seidel, R. E. Einziger, G. D. Hudman
Nuclear Technology | Volume 53 | Number 1 | April 1981 | Pages 37-45
Technical Paper | Nuclear Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A17054
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A simple and effective technique to quantify ovality in any elliptically distorted geometry is derived and demonstrated. The technique has been applied to Experimental Breeder Reactor II blanket and driver-fuel elements to characterize the actual diametral dimensions and the mechanical interactions involving the fuel and its cladding, and those between the element and its spacer wire, its neighboring elements, and the subassembly duct.
