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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.
J. R. Divine
Nuclear Technology | Volume 18 | Number 2 | May 1973 | Pages 171-176
Technical Paper | A Review of Plutonium Utilization in Thermal Reactors / Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT73-A31285
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In the next five to ten years, the use of plutonium-enriched fuels is expected to increase significantly. As is the case with irradiated uranium-only fuels, radiation levels within the reactor system can be expected to increase in the event of a severe fuel failure. The in-reactor dissolution of mixed-oxide UO2-PuO2 fuels has been reviewed with consideration of past experience and potentially useful decontamination solutions. The currently most suitable decontamination agent of mixed oxides is a solution of buffered oxalic acid/hydrogen peroxide/gluconic acid (OPG).