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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. M. Mintz, T. S. Elleman, K. Verghese
Nuclear Technology | Volume 31 | Number 2 | November 1976 | Pages 172-182
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT76-A31680
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The steady-state diffusion of tritium in a fusion reactor blanket has been evaluated using the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Theta-Pinch reactor as a reference system. The purpose was to calculate the equilibrium tritium transport rate, approximate time to reach equilibrium, and tritium inventory in various regions of the reactor blanket as a function of selected blanket parameters. Values for these quantities have been tabulated for blanket conditions that appear reasonable for the reference system.
