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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.
A. W. Hare, S. Aifant, F. A. Rough, D. I. Slnizer
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 10 | Number 1 | May 1961 | Pages 24-30
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE61-A25925
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The results of the postirradiation examinations on UC compounds having nominal compositions of 4.6, 4.8, and 5.0 w/o C continue to be encouraging after irradiation to approximate burnups of from 1000 to 15,000 MWD/Ton of U. Density changes were small varying from a minimum of 0.7% to a maximum of about 2.5%. Cracking has occurred in all specimens, however, it can probably be largely attributed to thermal stresses. Depletion of carbon is occurring in the specimens having the nominal 5 w/o C composition. Metallographic examination shows that these specimens appear to revert to the 4.8 w/o C stoichiometric composition. The fission gas retention properties of this material appear quite good. In all cases, the amount of fission gas released is comparable to the calculated amount released by recoil.