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X-energy receives federal tax credit for TRISO fuel facility
Advanced reactor company X-energy has been awarded $148.5 million in tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act for construction of its TRISO-X fuel fabrication facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Masahiro Tanaka, Takahiko Sugiyama
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 67 | Number 3 | April 2015 | Pages 600-603
Proceedings of TRITIUM 2013 | doi.org/10.13182/FST14-T89
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To fabricate a tritium monitoring system with electrochemical hydrogen pumping attached, a tritium monitor system was constructed and assembled with a commercial tritium monitor and an electrochemical hydrogen pump using a proton conducting oxide. The hydrogen pump with CaZr0.9In0.1O3−α as the proton conducting oxide was operated at 973 K under electrolysis conditions using tritiated water vapor (HTO). The tritium molecules (HT) were extracted and controlled by the applied current over a range of two orders of magnitude. The tritium molecules have an advantage with respect to the tritium memory effect in the monitor because the tritium contamination is reduced. Next, a system feasibility test was conducted under various water vapor partial pressure conditions. Thus, the measurement of the tritium concentration via this proposed system was successfully demonstrated.