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Illinois legislature lifts ban on nuclear energy, funds clean energy
The Illinois General Assembly passed a clean energy bill on October 30 that would, in part, lift a 30-year moratorium on new nuclear energy in the state and create incentives for more energy storage.
D. W. Stevens
Nuclear Technology | Volume 3 | Number 10 | October 1967 | Pages 626-634
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT67-A27922
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The thermal conductivity of loose, pyrolytic carbon-coated fuel particles in helium was studied at temperatures from 1800 to 2700°F using a convenient comparative technique. The conductivities of coated particles with both 150- and 795-µm overall diameters were shown to rise and then remain constant as the helium pressure was increased to 4 atm. Measurements using particles with various coating thicknesses and structures indicated that bed conductivity was relatively insensitive to the properties of the coating.
