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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.
Pierre Benoist, Tomasz Duracz
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 86 | Number 1 | January 1984 | Pages 41-46
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE84-A17968
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On the basis of the simple formalism, numerical results for a set of hexagonal fast reactor lattices are presented. This allows the influence of lattice parameters on the diffusion coefficients and the sodium-voiding effect to be pointed out. Comparisons with calculations based on a cylindrical cell model are also given. They lead to the conclusion that the Wigner-Seitz approximation can underestimate the diffusion coefficients in fast lattices with larger gap widths.