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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.
Ikuo Ioka, Yoshiyuki Inagaki, Kazuhiko Kunitomi, Yoshiaki Miyamoto, Kunihiko Suzuki
Nuclear Technology | Volume 105 | Number 2 | February 1994 | Pages 293-299
Technical Note | Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow | doi.org/10.13182/NT94-A34930
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A coaxial double-tube hot-gas duct with an internal insulation layer is to be used for the High-Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR), a gas-cooled reactor designed by the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute. A full-scale simulation of part of the hot-gas duct was constructed to verify its structural integrity. No hot spot was detected on the inner tube under HTTR operation conditions after 7700 h. Natural convection was negligible in the internal insulation layer. An experimental correlation of the effective thermal conductivity for the internal insulation layer was also obtained.
