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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.
N. Ketzlach
Nuclear Technology | Volume 42 | Number 1 | January 1979 | Pages 65-70
Technical Paper | Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32162
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Subcommittee 8 of the Standards Committee of the American Nuclear Society has conducted the prescribed five-year review and update of ANSI N16.4-1971, which provides guidance for the use of borosilicate glass Raschig rings as a neutron absorber in solutions of highly enriched fissile materials. The proposed revision to the Standard extends its application to low enriched 235U fuels based on the 235U concentration in the vessel and to a limited range of alkaline environments. It incorporates standard American Society for Testing and Materials chemical acceptance tests for the glass, a chemical acceptance test for its acceptability in an alkaline environment, and a test that provides information on volume loss due to chemical reaction in addition to that due to settling.