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Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
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.
Meyer Steinberg
Nuclear Technology | Volume 6 | Number 5 | May 1969 | Pages 425-433
Technical Papers and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT69-A28320
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Existing and potential applications of high-energy radiation from fission fragment, isotopic, and machine radiation sources for commercial chemical processing purposes are reviewed. Fission fragment chemonuclear processes have potential for endothermic chemical systems. The synthesis of ozone from oxygen or air by a chemonuclear process is an especially attractive possibility for use in water purification schemes. Demonstration of a contamination-free product is necessary. Several chemical processes using 60Co gamma- and electron-accelerator radiation have reached commercial status. These include the hydrobromination of ethylene, the production of wood-plastic combinations, and the modification of polymers for obtaining a variety of specific plastic properties. New possibilities for applications development include the radiation induced copolymerization of monomers, grafting of monomers, product sterilization, production of concrete-polymer composites, and catalytic effects on electrode reactions.