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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.
S. Tanaka, D. Yamaki, M. Yamawaki
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 1018-1023
Blanket Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29476
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Modeling of the tritium reaction at the surface of Li2O was performed using data obtained in in-situ and out-of-pile tritium release experiments. In this model the effects of H2O and H2 in the sweep gas were considered. On the surface, recombination of -OT and dissociatively adsorbed -OH was considered to produce HTO. In addition to this, HT was considered to be produced by the reaction of surface tritium with dissociated hydrogen on the surface. On the surfaces of tubes and the solid breeder itself, conversion reactions of HTO to HT by H2 were also considered. Tritium inventory on the solid breeder surface and the released chemical form were calculated. They agreed fairly well with those of TTTEx in-situ tritium release experiments. It was found that H2O as well as H2 in the sweep gas affects tritium release behavior.