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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.
K. N. Prasad, W. A. Jester, F. J. Remick
Nuclear Technology | Volume 24 | Number 2 | November 1974 | Pages 252-259
Technical Paper | Analysis | doi.org/10.13182/NT74-A31481
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Post-cutting chip activation analysis has been developed for the study of tool wear. In this technique, chips produced during machining are analyzed by neutron activation for a tracer that occurs in the tool. Tungsten was used as a tracer that was inherently present in the tool, and europium was used as a tracer that was added to the tool during its production. It was found that europium fails to effectively meet all the requirements of a tracer in the tool. By using the tungsten in high-speed steel tools and Ti—6Al—4 V alloy work material, it was shown that (a) a random selection of chips was ineffective in providing useful tool wear information and (b) the traditionally ignored break-in period of tool wear could be used to predict tool life to within the same margin of error as conventional methods, but with potential savings in time and cost.