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The current status of heat pipe R&D
Idaho National Laboratory under the Department of Energy–sponsored Microreactor Program recently conducted a comprehensive phenomena identification and ranking table (PIRT) exercise aimed at advancing heat pipe technology for microreactor applications.
Shimon Yiftah
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 90 | Number 4 | August 1985 | Pages 483-490
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE85-A18498
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Some of the main, general-perspective themes of Dr. Alvin Weinberg's leadership and long and varied work are 1. the effect of present and future nuclear energy projects on society, not only in the United States but throughout the world 2. analysis, comparison, and combination of various sources of energy 3. extensive multiple use of nuclear energy complexes (so-called NUPLEX, for nuclear complex) for various areas of the world 4. use of “Big Technology” and “Big Science” for solving, or helping to solve, political problems. A combined hydro-nuclear-solar project for electric power production is discussed, as well as two other energy-related engineering projects. Some of the projects originated or were inspired by work done at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory under the leadership of Dr. Alvin Weinberg. Also reported are the technical characteristics and interrelationships of the three components of the envisaged hydronuclear-solar project.