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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.
Ansar Parvez, Martin Becker
Nuclear Technology | Volume 63 | Number 1 | October 1983 | Pages 176-179
Technical Note | Fuel Cycle | doi.org/10.13182/NT83-A33313
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The equivalence between 235U and 233U for use in light water reactors has been determined by comparing the performance of the two isotopes over the complete length of the fuel cycle. The method developed in this work has been applied to a uranium cycle as well as to a denatured thorium cycle. A basic price based on the initial substitution method has also been estimated for 233U.
