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Five companies receive DOE awards for HALEU transport packages
Five companies are the recipients of Department of Energy awards to support the development, modification, and licensing of transportation packages for high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel. HALEU, which is enriched between 5 percent and 20 percent, is the type of fuel required for the operation of many of the small advanced nuclear reactors that are being designed and developed by U.S. companies.
The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Physics Integration
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST|3
Session Chair:
Ross Bartlett (Sandia)
Alternate Chair:
Scott Palmtag (NCSU)
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
Chase Lawing (NC State Univ.)
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Development of the VERA Quality Assurance Program
Scott P. Palmtag (North Carolina State University), Lori Moore (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), David J. Kropaczek (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Componentized hieratical build and test infrastructure and processes for CASL VERA
Roscoe A. Bartlett (Sandia National Labs)
Capabilities of VERA Version 4
Benjamin S. Collins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Scott P. Palmtag (North Carolina State University), Andrew Godfrey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Thomas J. Downar (University of Michigan), Kevin T. Clarno (University of Texas at Austin)
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