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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.
T. Shimooke
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 37 | Number 3 | September 1969 | Pages 343-357
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE69-A19111
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The phenomenon of neutron focusing by a totally reflecting conical tube is studied in terms of the focused neutron currents, the spectrum shift, and the gains in beam intensity and in increasing the reaction rate of a 1/v absorber. The influence of the source temperature, the angular spread of the source flux, the geometrical variations of the conical pipe, and the reflectivity are considered. Two different approximate formulations on the focused neutrons in a reflecting tube are established for the purpose of carrying out the numerical calculations. The formulation allows detailed calculations on each order of multiple reflection, taking the tube geometry into consideration. The analysis shows that relatively strongly focused neutron currents are attainable under proper conditions by means of a “focalizer,” a reflecting conical tube. The uses of a multistage focalizer are also suggested, showing examples where both intensity and a 1/v absorption rate in an exposed sample can be enhanced.