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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.
A. Ciancia, A. Ascensioni, C. Corti, G. Caporiccio
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 86 | Number 2 | February 1984 | Pages 232-238
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE84-A18206
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An extensive study has been carried out to evaluate possible use of the perfluoropolyether fluids, obtained from hexafluoropropylene photo-oxidation and specially purified and selected, as lubricants or vacuum-working fluids, in the presence of UF6. Some physicochemical properties are reported and the results of the tests experienced on perfluoropolyether cuts put into contact with UF6 at different conditions for a long aging time at high temperature in the presence of some typical engineering materials. The results allowed a verification of the long-term compatibility of the perfluoropolyether special fractions against UF6 at temperatures up to 130°C.