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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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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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ARPA-E announces $40 million to develop transmutation technologies for UNF
The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) announced $40 million in funding to develop cutting-edge technologies to enable the transmutation of used nuclear fuel into less-radioactive substances. According to ARPA-E, the new initiative addresses one of the agency’s core goals as outlined by Congress: to provide transformative solutions to improve the management, cleanup, and disposal of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.
Hiroshi Kinuhata, Masahiko Yamamoto, Shigeo Taguchi, Naoki Surugaya, Soichi Sato, Takashi Kodama, Yoshikazu Tamauchi, Yuki Shibata, Kiyoshi Anzai, Shingo Matsuoka
Nuclear Technology | Volume 192 | Number 2 | November 2015 | Pages 155-159
Technical Paper | Reprocessing | doi.org/10.13182/NT15-15
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Experiments using a small-scale apparatus with 30 ml of actual high-level liquid waste from the Tokai Reprocessing Plant were carried out to show that the hydrogen concentration in the gas phase reaches a steady-state value of much less than 4% (lower explosive limit) in the absence of sweeping air. The H2 concentration reached a steady-state value as was expected, and it was compared with a value predicted from an equation with parameters that had been obtained using the simulated solution. Satisfactory agreement showed that the Pd-ion catalytic H2 consumption reaction previously found in the simulated solution proceeded equally well in the actual solution.