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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.
H. F. Jelinek, G. M. Iverson
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 12 | Number 3 | March 1962 | Pages 405-411
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE62-A28091
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Precision injection casting is a method developed at Argonne National Laboratory to produce semifinished fuel pins. It has been adapted to the remote refabrication of EBR-II fuel. Inert gas pressure is used to force molten fuel alloy into thoria-coated, precision-bore, high silica glass molds. During EBR-II, Core I production, 16,000 fuel castings were produced in batches of 120 using an experimental injection casting furnace. The specified weight, diametral tolerance, surface finish and internal soundness specifications were successfully met. Remote controlled equipment was designed from experience gained during Core I production.