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Amazon provides update on its Washington project with X-energy
A year ago this month, Amazon led a $500 million investment in X-energy, alongside Citadel founder Ken Griffin, the University of Michigan, and other investors. In addition to that financing, Amazon pledged to support the development of an initial four-unit, 320-MW project with Energy Northwest in Washington state.
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Nuclear Technology | Volume 51 | Number 3 | December 1980 | Pages 452-463
Technical Paper | Mechanics Applications to Fast Breeder Reactor Safety / Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT80-A32581
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Experimental verification of the piping code ICEPEL has led to a modification of the elbow hydrodynamic model so that agreement in predicting uniform pressure across the elbow cross section is obtained. A rupture disk model is incorporated and used in modeling the MARK-IICB loop of the TREAT reactor to assess its structural adequacy during a postulated accident that results from fuel-sodium interaction. The analysis showed the loop remained elastic. A nonreflecting boundary is incorporated and can be used in elastically deforming regions of piping systems to allow for refined modeling of portions of interest without having to model the whole system.