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NRC wants input on Hermes 2 test reactor construction permit
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking input on its draft environmental assessment and draft finding of no significant impact for Kairos Power’s application to build the Hermes 2 test reactor facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Vladimír Balek, Miroslav Vobořil, Václav Baran
Nuclear Technology | Volume 50 | Number 1 | August 1980 | Pages 53-59
Technical Paper | Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT80-A17069
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Emanation thermal analysis (ETA) is demonstrated as a tool for the objective characterization of solid phases arising during treatment of the uranyl gel microspheres up to the final UO2 product. The method is able to monitor very sensible differences in the morphology, surface area, and structure of a solid, as well as their changes when heated. The ETA results for seven samples are discussed and correlated with results from other independent methods (differential thermal analysis, thermogravimetry, thermodilatometry, and density measurements). Various preparation conditions of the internal gelation technique, such as uranium concentration, concentration of gelation additives, the way of leaching, etc., are reflected. The ETA is proposed as a method for simulating thermal processes of UO2 fuel preparation.