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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.
Wolfgang Jakobeit, Jörn-Peter Pfeifer, Georg Ullrich
Nuclear Technology | Volume 66 | Number 1 | July 1984 | Pages 195-206
C. 1. Mechanical Property | Status of Metallic Materials Development for Application in Advanced High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor / Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT84-A33467
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Because of the high thermal and mechanical stresses in components of a helium turbine coupled directly to a high-temperature reactor and the stringent nuclear safety requirements, an extensive materials development program has been undertaken. The candidate alloys for turbine blades and hot ducts (nickel- and molybdenum-base alloys) and for rotors (1% CrMoV and 12% chromium steels) have been tested under the expected service conditions. The results of creep/rupture, fatigue, and fracture mechanics tests on turbine blade and rotor materials are presented. The gas/metal reactions that occur in the simulated reactor coolant gas and the decontamination behavior of components are also discussed. In addition the development of a molybdenum-base alloy for turbine blading is reported.