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Supply chain contract signed for Aurora
Oklo, the California-based developer of the Aurora Powerhouse sodium-cooled fast-neutron reactor, has signed a contract with Siemens Energy that is meant to de-risk supply chain and production timeline challenges for Oklo. Under the terms, Siemens will design and deliver the power conversion system for the Powerhouse, which is to be deployed at Idaho National Laboratory.
Yoshiko Harima, Hideo Hirayama, Toshio Ishikawa, Yukio Sakamoto, Shun-ich Tanaka
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 96 | Number 3 | July 1987 | Pages 241-252
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE87-A16385
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Exposure and absorbed dose buildup factors for a photon point source in infinite beryllium have been calculated in the low-energy range of 0.03 to 0.3 MeV, for penetration depths up to 40 mfp, using two discrete ordinates codes, PALLAS-PL,SP-Br and ANISN. Comparisons of both result to values obtained by point Monte Carlo calculations using the electron gamma shower version 4 code showed reasonable agreement for two types of sources: normally incident and point isotropic sources. The fitting parameters of a geometric-progression method formula were determined for the resulting buildup factor data. These fitting parameters are in good agreement with the basic data within 5% over a great variation in magnitude.