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Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Oklo completes end-to-end demonstration of advanced fuel recycling
Oklo Inc. has announced that it has completed the first end-to-end demonstration of its advanced fuel recycling process as part of an ongoing $5 million project in collaboration with Argonne and Idaho National Laboratories. Oklo’s goal: scaling up its fuel recycling capabilities to deploy a commercial-scale recycling facility that would increase advanced reactor fuel supplies and enhance fuel cost effectiveness for its planned sodium fast reactors.
Kuo-Fu Chen
Nuclear Technology | Volume 103 | Number 2 | August 1993 | Pages 199-205
Technical Paper | Nuclear Reactor Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT93-A34843
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Operating limits for most normal operation conditions and postulated accident scenarios for the Savannah River Site heavy water production reactor (SRS-HWR) are based on a different criterion than that used for boiling water reactors (BWRs) and pressurized water reactors (PWRs). The critical heat flux (CHF) is the most frequently used limiting criterion for BWRs and PWRs. Operating powers for the SRS-HWR, which runs at significantly lower pressures than commercial reactors, are limited by the onset of a parallel channel flow instability (OFI). The CHF and OFI criteria for PWRs, BWRs, and the SRS-HWR are compared.