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Nuclear-assisted hydrogen production facility opens in Kalpakkam, India
At the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in Kalpakkam, the Indian Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has inaugurated a hydrogen production facility based on the copper-chlorine thermochemical cycle that uses nuclear process heat generated by the fast breeder test reactor (FBTR).
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by NCSD
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Copperwood
Session Chair:
Douglas G. Bowen
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Kevin H. Reynolds
Subcommittee ANS-8, Operations with Fissile Material Outside Reactors, meets to discuss various technical and administrative aspects of the approximately 20 national consensus standards under its purview. In addition to status and progress updates by representatives of individual working groups, formal presentations on the technical bases of numerical values such as subcritical limits and experiences with applications of particular standards are solicited. Agenda topics such as new and expanded standards are also encouraged.