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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 88 | Number 2 | October 1984 | Pages 129-142
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE84-A28397
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Neutron capture by a sample enriched in 41K and by a natural potassium sample (93.26% 39K) was measured at the Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator as a function of neutron time of flight over a 40-m flight path. Resonance peaks were fitted by a least-squares fitting program to obtain Breit-Wigner resonance parameters. The energy range extended to all resonances below 153 keV. Corresponding average capture at a temperature typical of stars, kT = 30 keV, is calculated as (11.8 ± 0.4) mb for 39K and (22.0 ± 0.7) mb for 41K.