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NRC grants Clinton and Dresden license renewals
Three commercial power reactors across two Illinois nuclear power plants—Constellation’s Clinton and Dresden—have had their licenses renewed for 20 more years by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
A. N. Bukin, V. S. Moseeva, A. V. Ovcharov, S. A. Marunich, Yu. S. Pak, M. B. Rozenkevich
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 76 | Number 3 | April 2020 | Pages 358-365
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2020.1712981
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In this work, experimental and mathematical substantiation of the possibility of using the new RCTU-4 hydrophobic catalyst [0.9 mass % Pt/styrene and divinylbenzene (SDVB)] in the separation of protium-tritium isotopic mixtures by a two-temperature catalytic exchange method in a water-hydrogen system was carried out. Variation of the synthesis parameters of the support and the catalyst allowed a significant increase in the activity (≥50 s–1) and heat resistance (≈550 K) of the investigated sample compared to the previously used catalyst RCTU-3SM (kexp = 12 s−1; heat resistance = 388 K). The mathematical model presented in the paper considers three phases (liquid water, steam, and hydrogen gas) and allows optimization of dual-temperature installations in the water-hydrogen system for any isotopic mixtures.