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Uranium prices steady as EIA releases annual market report
The end-of-July spot price for uranium was $86.36 per pound, as reported by Cameco—roughly the same as it has been since February. Analytics firm Trading Economics reported a uranium futures price of $86.60 per pound, a figure that also has been holding steady since early April.
These updates come as the U.S. Energy Information Administration has released its 2025 Uranium Marketing Annual Report, which examines in detail multiple aspects of the U.S. uranium market. Data are derived from answers given in the Uranium Marketing Annual Survey, which collects information on contracts, deliveries (during the past year and projected for the next 10 years), purchased enrichment services, inventories, fuel assembly usage, and market requirements.
A. Nerem, D.H. Kellman, S.G.E. Pronko, J.R. Valentine
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 2 | March 2001 | Pages 1116-1120
Plasma Engineering, Heating, and Current Drive | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963394
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As part of the Electron Cyclotron Heating (ECH) Facility upgrade at DIII–D an 8.4 MW Modulator/Regulator Power System was designed and constructed using acquired hardware from the Mirror Fusion Test Facility (MFTF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) program as a foundation.1 Design changes in the feedback control of the modulator/regulator (M/R) was motivated by the need for improved output voltage regulation and improved capability to modulate the output voltage consistent with reference command signals containing modulation patterns (typically square wave). The regulation characteristics of the old ECH M/R power system had previously constrained gyrotron operation due to marginal voltage control loop stability and slow response to voltage step changes. The technical approach was to develop models of the circuit functions of the M/R controller from the circuit diagrams, and then examine the control characteristics using circuit analysis software. MATLAB® Simulink® and Intusoft IsSPICE4® (SPICE) codes were used to examine the control issues. These analysis software tools were used to simulate the controller functions and yielded identical results. The SPICE circuit model was selected as a baseline for future maintenance by the engineering staff. The analysis of the controller model blocks provided the needed information to modify the controller circuits. Changes made to the controller included addition of a voltage feedback loop around the grid driver amplifier for the power tetrode control grid in the M/R, and changes to the feedback loop compensation of the main error amplifier. The implemented revised controller performance matches the model performance predictions remarkably well. This paper describes the circuit models, implementation of the revisions to the controller, and recent operational results.