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DOE awards $2.7B for HALEU and LEU enrichment
Yesterday, the Department of Energy announced that three enrichment services companies have been awarded task orders worth $900 million each. Those task orders were given to American Centrifuge Operating (a Centrus Energy subsidiary) and General Matter, both of which will develop domestic HALEU enrichment capacity, along with Orano Federal Services, which will build domestic LEU enrichment capacity.
The DOE also announced that it has awarded Global Laser Enrichment an additional $28 million to continue advancing next generation enrichment technology.
I. O. Usov, V. P. Siller, C. T. Wilson, B. M. Patterson, D. R. Vodnik, B. L. Bennett
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 79 | Number 7 | October 2023 | Pages 816-822
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2023.2173946
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There are applications where the deposition of a coating must be applied on the inner surface of a tube part. In this paper, we describe a method for deposition of coatings on a tube inner wall. The coating method is based on ion beam sputtering, which is a well-established technology that enables the precise control of coating composition, thickness, and uniformity. This technique also offers the opportunity to deposit coatings selectively on desired locations using shadow masking. As an example, a study of Au and Al thin films is presented.