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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.
Jon L. Maienschein
Nuclear Technology | Volume 63 | Number 3 | December 1983 | Pages 426-430
Technical Paper | Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT83-A33269
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The possibility for spark-initiated explosions in deuterium containing 0.5 to 70 mol% uranium hexafluoride at pressures up to 2.8 MPa has been investigated. No explosions were observed under these conditions, although spark-initiated formation of the reaction product beta-uranium pentafluoride occurred. The spark potential for deuterium containing 0 to 25 mol% uranium hexafluoride at pressures up to 2.8 MPa is also reported. For pure deuterium, the voltage to produce a 1-mm-long spark ranged from 10 kV at 250 kPa to 24 kV at 2.7 MPa. The addition of uranium hexafluoride increased the spark voltage sharply; at 2.3 MPa the addition of 7 mol% UF6 raised the spark voltage from 24 to 73 kV.