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Leading the charge: INL’s role in advancing HALEU production
Idaho National Laboratory is playing a key role in helping the U.S. Department of Energy meet near-term needs by recovering HALEU from federal inventories, providing critical support to help lay the foundation for a future commercial HALEU supply chain. INL also supports coordination of broader DOE efforts, from material recovery at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina to commercial enrichment initiatives.
H. A. Vincent, A. Volborth
Nuclear Technology | Volume 3 | Number 12 | December 1967 | Pages 753-757
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT67-A27793
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Silicon is determined by irradiating powdered rock samples with 14-MeV neutrons in a system that allows dual transfer of samples. The 1.78-MeV gammas of the 28Al produced are counted as representing silicon in the sample. The unknown and reference sample positions for irradiation and counting are switched on consecutive irradiation count cycles with four of these cycles constituting a single determination. The standard deviation for a single determination is 0.12% silicon. Pure quartz is used as a reference. Results of analysis of some standard rock powders compare favorably with accepted values. New values are given for 10 standard rocks.
