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Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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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.
Knox M. Broom, Jr., Carleton D. Bingham, Thomas B. Crockett, Nancy M. Trahey
Nuclear Technology | Volume 2 | Number 6 | December 1966 | Pages 519-523
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT66-A27549
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An experimental program involving radiochemical and spectrochemical analysis of short-cooled samples of SNAP-8 Experimental Reactor (S8ER) primary coolant is described. Evidence for the presence of corrosion products, fission products, and coolant activation products was sought. Gamma-ray spectrometric and dc-arc emission spectrographic techniques and the methods for determining a sensitivity for detection are described. Experimental data revealed essentially no detectable corrosion-product activities in the NaK. Fission product 137Cs was clearly observed. Fission products other than 137Cs, 131I, 132Te, 132I, and 125Sb were not observed using spectrum stripping techniques. Sources of other observed radio-nuclides are proposed. Corrosion-product and fission-product activities were observed on primary cold trap and piping surfaces.
