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Illinois lifts moratorium on new large nuclear reactors
New power reactors of any size can be now be sited in the state of Illinois, thanks to legislation signed by Gov. J. B. Pritzker on January 8. The Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act (CRGA)—which Pritzker says is designed to lower energy costs for consumers, drive the development of new energy resources in the state, and strengthen the grid—lifts the moratorium on new, large nuclear reactors that Illinois enacted in the late 1980s.
Shigeo Numata, Yasuhiko Fujii, Makoto Okamoto
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 26 | Number 3 | November 1994 | Pages 248-254
Technical Paper | Safety/Environmental Aspect | doi.org/10.13182/FST94-A30328
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The catalytic conversion of tritium gas (HT) to tritiated water (HTO) by cement materials is studied by using mortars made of ordinary Portland cement and Portland blast furnace slag cement exposed to HT at concentrations of 3 to 6 × 109 Bq/m3 in air. Within the experimental conditions, no significant difference in the conversion rate is found between the two types of cement. Extended experiments are carried out by using mortars made of ordinary Portland cement to evaluate the catalytic effect of cement materials. The experimental results are explained by a model that assumes that the conversion is dependent on the geometric surface area of the mortars. The mortar surface is found to play an important role in the conversion. The capacity coefficient in mass transfer on the mortar surface and its standard deviation are found to be (4.3 ± 1.4) × 10−11 m/s. The mechanism of the conversion reaction is uncertain in this study. The conversion rate of the catalytic effect by the cement materials is compared with the conversion rate by the radioactive decay of T2. The HTO produced by the conversion is retained in the pore water of the cement materials.