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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.
J. S. Hendricks, L. L. Carter
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 89 | Number 2 | February 1985 | Pages 118-130
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE85-A18186
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A synergistic method is described for the angle biasing of anisotropic scattering kernels in Monte Carlo calculations. The method generalizes Dwivedi's suggestion of using the exponential transform to cancel the undesirable fluctuations of angle biasing. Only photons are examined because the biasing of the Klein-Nishina scattering kernel can be treated analytically in contrast to more general neutron scattering kernels, which would require a numerical treatment. Three-dimensional continuous-energy results indicate that angle biasing in conjunction with the exponential transform is better than either by itself and greatly enhances Monte Carlo transport for the cases shown.