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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.
Iván Lux
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 83 | Number 2 | February 1983 | Pages 198-205
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE83-A18213
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Based on a simplified transport model, very simple and practical expressions are derived for approximately optimum regionwise importances in a Monte Carlo game with geometrical splitting. Minimum region dimensions where splitting is still efficient are also derived. The proposed expressions show good agreement with results from more advanced theories. Results of realistic Monte Carlo calculations back up the theoretical considerations.