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High temperature fission chambers engineered for AMR/SMR safety and performance
Preparations are being made to enclose, or “cocoon,” the K East Reactor, the seventh of nine former reactors at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site. The cocooning project is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
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Hanford looks inside sealed nuclear reactors using modern technology
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