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Meta’s new nuclear deals with Oklo and TerraPower: The details
Tech giant Meta is making big bets on TerraPower and Oklo. With the former, the hyperscaler could support the deployment of up to eight new reactors. With the latter, it could be as many as sixteen.
For both start-ups, Meta hopes its demand bolsters supply chains, the workforce, and the nuclear industry generally. For itself, the company is aiming to secure more generation to cleanly power its AI ambitions.
R. A. Baker, Alexander, Sesonske
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 13 | Number 3 | July 1962 | Pages 283-288
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE62-A26165
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To provide heat transfer data of high precision for NaK heat exchange systems, a NaK heat transfer loop was designed to minimize experimental errors and yield results with a high degree of reproducibility. Average heat transfer coefficients were determined for both tube and annulus in a horizontal concentric tube, NaK (56% K) to NaK exchanger. The results after correction for entrance effects are described by the following empirical relations: No distinction was found between the Nusselt moduli measured at uniform heat flux and those measured at variable heat flux. No change in the experimental Nusselt moduli was observed when the oxide content was varied between 0.0025 and 0.006 wt. % oxygen.