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DOE-NE’s newest fuel consortium includes defense from antitrust laws
The Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy is setting up a nuclear fuel Defense Production Act Consortium that will seek voluntary agreements with interested companies “to increase fuel availability, provide more access to reliable power, and end America’s reliance on foreign sources of enriched uranium and critical materials needed to power the nation’s nuclear renaissance.” According to an August 22 DOE press release, the plan invokes the Defense Production Act (DPA) to give consortium members “defense from antitrust laws when certain criteria are met” and “allow industry consultation to develop plans of action.” DOE-NE is looking for interested companies to join the consortium ahead of its first meeting, scheduled for October 14.
Maurizio Angelone, Paola Batistoni, Marcello Martone, Mario Pillon, Massimo Rapisarda, Sofia Rollet
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 431-439
Technical Paper | Experimental Device | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29383
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The Frascati Tokamak Upgrade (FTU) neutron activation system has been calibrated using indium foils and a 252Cf spontaneous fission neutron source located at several positions within the tokamak. The same experimental arrangements have been simulated with the MCNP Monte Carlo neutron and photon transport code in order to numerically reproduce the activation response coefficients measured experimentally. The main purpose of the comparison is to assess the accuracy of the numerical simulation and of the modeling of the FTU device. This analysis has a more general relevance in view of the use of the activation system as an independent method for the absolute measurement of the neutron yield in next-step fusion devices. An overall agreement at the 22% level between experiment and calculation has been demonstrated.
