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Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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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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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.
You-Cho Choi, Goon-Cherl Park, Chang-Hyun Chung
Nuclear Technology | Volume 106 | Number 3 | June 1994 | Pages 292-299
Technical Paper | Nuclear Reactor Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT94-A34959
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Xenon spatial oscillation may give rise to operational difficulties in a nuclear power plant. In this study, in order to investigate xenon instability for a pressurized water reactor, the frequency-domain technique is adopted by using the generalized Nyquist criterion, which is more general and suitable for the multi-input /multi-output system. Also linearized modal fluxes are obtained by modal expansion. This model has been implemented to test the axial xenon stability of the KNU 7 unit with changes in plant operating parameters.
