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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
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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.
D. A. Gall, E. F. Doyle, J. G. Bourne
Nuclear Technology | Volume 2 | Number 3 | June 1966 | Pages 226-230
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT66-A27591
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A prototype device to control the exit steam quality in the individual fuel element assemblies of a boiling water reactor was designed, constructed and tested at simulated reactor operating conditions. The device consists of two Venturis and a mechanism for comparing the pressure signals from the Venturis and controlling the flow by means of a hydraulically operated valve. The device, which is completely self-contained within one channel of a boiling water reactor, held the discharge volume quality to ± 6% of the design value during transients in the heat transfer rate of up to 25%. The addition of the device to the high heat flux channels of a boiling water reactor would permit designing reactors at a higher heat flux for the same departure from nucleate boiling. The pressure across the core (header to header) is increased by ≈ 20% for a reactor of the Dresden type. Overall economic effects on reactor operations, including reactivity effects, were not evaluated.