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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.
Robert G. McAndrew, James B. Smathers, , Richard E. Wainerdi, G. M. Harrison, Robert Doggett
Nuclear Technology | Volume 8 | Number 3 | March 1970 | Pages 290-295
Paper | Analysis | doi.org/10.13182/NT70-A28676
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Using neutron activation analysis (NAA), the sodium-to-potassium ratio as well as the sodium concentration has been determined for both normal and CF patients. The ratio results correlate with those based on the accepted sodium concentration analysis in the diagnosis of CF and the results also confirm calculations that the sensitivity of the NAA ratio method is a function of neutron energy with the optimum neutron energy being ∼1.2 MeV. The coupling of the ratio technique with NAA greatly increases the possibility of performing a successful “sweat test” on an infant and offers the following benefits: