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Since the Department of Energy kicked off a 10-company race with its Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program to bring test reactors on line by July 4, 2026, the industry has been waiting for new headlines proclaiming progress. Aalo Atomics broke ahead of the pack first by announcing last week that it had broken ground on its 50-MWe Aalo-X at Idaho National Laboratory.
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The work function change of Li4SiO4 and Li2TiO3 were measured in atmosphere of various gas compositions with a high temperature Kelvin probe. The work function change of Li4SiO4 was found to be composed of two steps: one was caused by the formation of oxygen vacancies and the other corresponding to the population change of OH− at the surface. While, a single step of the work function change was observed for Li2TiO3. That was attributed to the adsorption/desorption processes at the surface. It was suggested that oxygen vacancies are formed in near-surface bulk of Li4SiO4, it is not in the case for Li2TiO3.
