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NRC restores expiration dates for renewed Turkey Point licenses
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced this week that it has restored the expiration dates of the Turkey Point nuclear power plant's units 3 and 4 subsequent license renewals (SLR) to July 19, 2052, and April 10, 2053, respectively.
B. S. Sahu, P. Adhikari, J. Gorinta, A. Choudhary, R. Mazumder, S. Bhattacharyya, P. Chaudhuri
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 65 | Number 2 | March-April 2014 | Pages 338-345
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/FST13-671
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Lithium titanate breeder powder was prepared at low temperature by a solid-state mixing method. Pebbles were prepared by an extrusion and spherodization technique. The effect of binder content on separation of the extruded mass was studied. The influences of different cone mesh opening diameters (1.5, 1.0, and 0.5 mm) and spherodization speed were investigated to obtain small (0.5- to 1.5-mm) pebbles with small variations in size. It was found that Li2TiO3 could be sintered at low temperature (900°C for 6 h) with appreciable density (89%) and small grain size (1 to 3 μm) without significant closed porosity. The sphericity, pore size distribution, grain size, and crushing load strength of the sintered pebbles were also characterized. Their values were found to conform with the desired properties for use as a solid breeder.