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Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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DTE Energy studying uprate at Fermi-2, considers Fermi-3’s prospects
DTE Energy, the owner of Fermi nuclear power plant in Michigan, is considering an extended uprate for Unit 2 that would increase its 1,100-MW generation capacity by 150 MW.
G. Bitelli, R. Martinelli, F. V. Orestano, E. Santandrea
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 28 | Number 2 | May 1967 | Pages 270-276
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE67-A17477
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The results of critical experiments, performed with organic-moderated platetype assemblies containing uranium enriched to 90% in 235U, in the zero-power reactor ROSPO, are reported. Several cores, differing in critical radius (19.5 to 47.5 cm) and in the ratio of uranium-to-stainless-steel plate number, have been investigated. The comparison with the reactivities calculated by a standard two-group calculation procedure shows an overestimate of the eff's (up to 1.95% for the smallest critical core) with a systematic dependence on the core radius. A satisfactory agreement is found for large-size cores (R ≥ 40 cm). It is shown that simple calculational improvements, such as a four-group evaluation of the nuclear constants, and a more detailed treatment of core-radial reflector interface zone, lead to a homogeneously good agreement (within 0.25% ) over the whole range of core dimensions.