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Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization, a not-for-profit organization responsible for the long-term management of the country’s intermediate- and high-level radioactive waste, is set to select a site for a deep geologic repository by the end of the year.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 60 | Number 2 | August 2011 | Pages 486-490
Plasma Engineering - Fueling and Diagnostics | Proceedings of the Nineteenth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) (Part 2) | doi.org/10.13182/FST60-486
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Visco-plastic flow properties of hydrogenic solids are important considerations for the design and operation of continuous hydrogenic pellet extrusion systems. Prior to 2010, the visco-plastic flow behavior of deuterium, tritium, and mixtures of the isotopes was only known at 14 K and no heat transfer studies were available. To address these needs, a Cryogenic Couette Viscometer (CCV) was developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Visco-plastic flow characteristics of solid neon, deuterium, and hydrogen were measured using the CCV from the onset of solidification to sub-cooled solid states over a range of shear rates. This paper discusses the transformation of these measurements, using the Quantum Law of Corresponding States, to predict the visco-plastic flow behavior of solid tritium and deuterium-tritium mixtures. Comparisons of predicted values with experimental measurements are made, where available.