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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.
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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 104 | Number 2 | February 1990 | Pages 135-144
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE90-A23710
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An improved technique for inferring the eigenvalue separation, which is important in spatial stability analysis, was developed using the noise coherence function. It was applied to fast reactor critical assemblies of various sizes and compositions that exhibited a wide range of spatial decoupling. In each experiment, four lithium-glass detectors were used to measure noise coherence functions. Various ratios of the coherence functions were used to obtain the first two modes of separation considering higher modes and variations in detector efficiencies. The eigenvalue separation obtained by noise analysis agreed well with calculation.