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Here is a recap of recent industry happenings:
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.
S. J. Peng, M. Z. Podowski, R. T. Lahey, Jr., M. Becker
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 88 | Number 3 | November 1984 | Pages 404-411
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE84-A18594
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The phenomena of nuclear coupled density-wave oscillations are of considerable importance in the stability analysis of boiling water nuclear reactors (BWRs). A state-of-the-art linear-frequency-domain digital computer code, NUFREQ-NP, has been developed for either forced- or natural-circulation BWR stability analysis. The NUFREQ-NP code can be excited by many external perturbations, including system pressure perturbation. It is based on one-dimensional drift-flux thermal hydraulics, and allows for subcooled boiling, arbitrary nonuniform axial and radial power shapes, distributed local losses (e.g., spacers), and detailed fuel element dynamics. NUFREQ-NP has been compared with the experimental data for the Peach Bottom-2 stability tests, and good agreement has been found.