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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.
C. M. Eisenhauer, G. L. Simmons
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 56 | Number 3 | March 1975 | Pages 263-270
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE75-A26739
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Gamma-ray buildup factors in ordinary concrete have been calculated by the moments method. Results for concrete kerma and air kerma are tabulated for source energies from 15 MeV to 15 keV. Parameters are given that allow calculation of the buildup factor by means of a simple analytic expression. Comparisons are made with earlier calculations, and the effects of annihilation radiation are discussed.