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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.
B. K. Malaviya, N. N. Kaushal, M. Becker, E. T. Burns, A. Ginsberg, E. R. Gaerttner
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 47 | Number 3 | March 1972 | Pages 329-348
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE72-A22419
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As part of a comprehensive program devoted to the integral checks of differential microscopic cross-section data pertinent to the LMFBR program, the experimental and analytical investigations of fast neutron transport in bulk assemblies of iron are described. Time-of-flight measured fast-neutron angular flux spectra at different positions in a simple, clean, homogeneous assembly are analyzed using ENDF/B data as input, MC2 code system, and SN transport calculations. In addition, continuous slowing down theory has been developed to complement precise calculations by indicating direct relationships between cross-section uncertainties and spectra; this approach permits integrating other non-ENDF/B data in the analysis. The well-defined integral experiment permits clear-cut interpretation leading to definitive conclusions with respect to input data and also to checks of standard analytical codes. The Karlsruhe (KEDAK) data set and the ENDF/B-I and ENDF/B-II files for iron have been assessed. On the basis of cross-section uncertainties in iron and of their influence on spectra, it is possible to recommend not only preferred data, but also a redirection in emphasis in differential measurements and evaluation. For fast reactor applications, ENDF/B-I set is prefer able, subject to certain limitations.