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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.
Pavel Hejzlar, Neil E. Todreas, Michael J. Driscoll
Nuclear Technology | Volume 113 | Number 2 | February 1996 | Pages 123-133
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT96-A35182
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High-power-rating [≥1000 MW(electric)] passive pressure tube light water-cooled reactors are described that have the ability to reliably discharge decay heat to the ultimate heat sink, without the need to replenish primary coolant in loss-of-coolant accidents, while ensuring the integrity of the fuel and reusability of major reactor components. Evaluation shows that pressure tube reactors have the attractive potential to dissipate the decay heat from voided fuel elements of large-power-rating cores without exceeding safe temperature limits. Two basic versions of a pressure tube light water-cooled and -moderated reactor—the dry and wet calandria concepts—are proposed, and their advantages and limitations are discussed.