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Recent surveys confirm high levels of U.S. nuclear support
Surveys have consistently indicated that public support in the United States for the use of nuclear energy has been increasing in recent years. Four recent surveys continue to suggest that near-record-high numbers of Americans support nuclear energy. However, the survey results differ—sometimes widely—in the details of their findings.
J.C. Buvat - C. Latge, X. Joulia - G.P. Pautrot
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 2 | March 1992 | Pages 954-959
Material; Storage and Processing | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29874
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The simulation of the units for hydrogen isotope separation by cryogenic distillation involves very particular characteristics from both the modelling and the numerical points of view. Because tritium is radioactive, the distillations have to be simulated using a model of a reactive column. The presence of tritium traces, high purity products and repeated recycling necessitate the use of advanced numerical methods and convergence criteria that can ensure a very high degree of calculational accuracy. A reactive column model was integrated into the ProSim simulator for the conceptual design of this type of unit through parametric and structural optimization. The simulation results of the Laue-Langevin Institutes' tritium extraction plant are presented here.
