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EnCore receives BLM authorization for dormant uranium project
EnCore Energy announced on June 18 that the Bureau of Land Management issued a final decision and approved the Dewey Burdock uranium project, authorizing the company to begin construction for the uranium in situ recovery project in southwestern South Dakota.
T. J. Pashos
Nuclear Technology | Volume 4 | Number 6 | June 1968 | Pages 395-398
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT68-A26365
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The control rod requirements of water cooled power reactors have been satisfied thus far with the successful operation of control rod systems containing B4C in tubes, Ag-In-Cd alloy, hafnium, or Eu2O3 dispersed in stainless steel. Additional auxiliary control is being obtained through the use of burnable poison materials such as boron, erbium, and gadolinium.
