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The division's objectives are to promote the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical phenomena characterizing nuclear reactors and other nuclear systems. The division encourages research and disseminates information through meetings and publications. Areas of technical interest include nuclear data, particle interactions and transport, reactor and nuclear systems analysis, methods, design, validation and operating experience and standards. The Wigner Award heads the awards program.
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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.
Kazuo Minato, Hironobu Kikuchi, Kousaku Fukuda, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Hiroshi Tomimoto, Nobu Kitamura, Mitsunobu Kaneko
Nuclear Technology | Volume 106 | Number 3 | June 1994 | Pages 342-349
Technical Paper | Nuclear Fuel Cycle | doi.org/10.13182/NT94-A34964
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Internal flaws in the silicon carbide (SiC) coating of fuel particles have been characterized. The internal flaws of the SiC coating were seen as external discolored spots. The porous flaws formed circumferentially during SiC deposition. These flaws may have a harmful effect on the mechanical integrity and the diffusion barrier of the particle. The SiC coating experiments were performed under systematically selected conditions to study the mechanism of flaw formation. The most important factor influencing flaw formation was found to be the mode of particle fluidization. Internal flaws were eliminated from the particles fabricated in a mass-production coater by controlling particle fluidization.
