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The current status of heat pipe R&D
Idaho National Laboratory under the Department of Energy–sponsored Microreactor Program recently conducted a comprehensive phenomena identification and ranking table (PIRT) exercise aimed at advancing heat pipe technology for microreactor applications.
E. A. Mershad, W. W. Thomasson, J. J. Dauby
Nuclear Technology | Volume 32 | Number 1 | January 1977 | Pages 53-59
Technical Paper | Materials in Waste Storage / Radioactive Waste | doi.org/10.13182/NT77-A31737
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An improved method for packaging tritiated waste water and oil for burial has been developed that significantly reduces tritium exposures to personnel and environment. The package uses current technology and relatively inexpensive materials to provide containment of the waste. Tests of the burial package indicate that the maximum tritium released during an 85-yr (7 half-lives of tritium) burial would be 0.002% of the total tritium contained in the package, or ∼1.4 Ci from the 70 000- Ci (2.59-PBq) (recommended maximum) package.