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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.
Vojislav Banjac, A. Sharif Heger
Nuclear Technology | Volume 108 | Number 1 | October 1994 | Pages 126-136
Technical Paper | Radiation Protection | doi.org/10.13182/NT94-A35048
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A mass optimization study of the total shield mass requirementsfor gamma attenuation for a space nuclear power system is carried out. The reference system is a nuclear electric power-generating reactor with a 1016 γ/s source term and reference dimensions based on the Russian TOPAZ-II. Seven potential shield materials are analyzed, and the total gamma shield masses are presented for a desired dose equivalent of 5.0 mrem/h at the end of the shield. A three-dimensional shielding code, QAD-CGGP, is used to model the reactor and the truncated cone shield. Gamma energies of 0.5,1.0, and 2.0 MeV are analyzed, and the required shield masses are normalized to the lowest value, giving a “mass index.” Comparison of the required masses and mass indices for both direct radiation and buildup dose is presented. For all three gamma energies, depleted uranium has a mass index of 1.0 and provides the required shielding with the lowest mass requirement. Mass indices between 1.2 and 1.7 are characteristic of tungsten and lead, making them potential substitutes for depleted uranium in the case of smaller reactor power levels.