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DOE, General Matter team up for new fuel mission at Hanford
The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (EM) on Tuesday announced a partnership with California-based nuclear fuel company General Matter for the potential use of the long-idle Fuels and Materials Examination Facility (FMEF) at the Hanford Site in Washington state.
According to the announcement, the DOE and General Matter have signed a lease to explore the FMEF's potential to be used for advanced nuclear fuel cycle technologies and materials, in part to help satisfy the predicted future requirements of artificial intelligence.
R. D. Shelton, H. E. Stern, J. W. Watts
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 36 | Number 3 | June 1969 | Pages 304-308
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A18728
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A method for calculation of proton dose in a receiver behind a combination electromagnetic and material shield is described. Dose calculations for a typical Van Allen proton spectrum and three solar-proton-event spectra are presented. In general, the electromagnetic shield stops protons below a certain threshold energy and reduces the number and energy of protons above this energy, and material shielding is more effective against these protons of reduced energy since proton stopping power increases with decreasing energy.