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This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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NRC holds public hearing on proposed Palisades restart
Dozens gathered last week at a public hearing hosted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to get feedback on the proposal to restart the Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan.
The NRC is beginning its environmental review of plans to repower Palisades after it was shut down in May 2022 and was headed for permanent decommissioning. If the restart is successful, this would be the first return to service of a shuttered U.S. nuclear plant.
C. M. Hollabaugh, L. A. Wahman, R. D. Reiswig, R. W. White, P. Wagner
Nuclear Technology | Volume 35 | Number 2 | September 1977 | Pages 527-535
Advanced and Improved Fuel and Application | Coated Particle Fuel / Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT77-A31913
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The experimentally determined quantitative effects of varying gas mixture composition on the properties of the zirconium carbide (ZrC) deposited on microspheres in a fluidized bed were a decrease in metallic appearance of the ZrC coat, with an increase in the ratio of the hydrocarbon gas to the ZrCl4 and co-deposition of carbon at high hydrocarbon gas concentrations. Increasing the H2 concentration inhibited these effects and permitted the ZrC to be deposited at higher hydrocarbon gas concentrations. Deposits of pure sub-stoichiometric ZrC coats were controllable over a limited concentration range. The ZrC was deposited in a fluidized bed of ThO2 particles at a maximum temperature of ∼1650 K, using gas mixtures of H2, argon, ZrCl4, and CH4 or C3H6. The ZrCl4 flow was controlled using a powder feeder.