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Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Comments on U.S. nuclear export controls on China
As trade negotiations are in the works between the United States and China, Washington, D.C., has the advantage in semiconductors but nuclear power is a different story, according to a June 9 article in the Hong Kong–based South China Morning Post.
E. S. Bettis, W. B. Cottrell, E. R. Mann, J. L. Meem, G. D. Whitman
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 2 | Number 6 | November 1957 | Pages 841-853
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE57-A35497
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The ARE was operated successfully in November, 1954, at various power levels up to 2.5 Mw. The maximum steady-state fuel temperature was 1580°F, and there was a differential temperature between the inlet and outlet in the NaF-ZrF4-UF4 fuel of 355°F. The fuel system was in operation for 241 hr before the reactor first became critical and the nuclear operation extended over a period of 221 hr. The final 74 hr of operation were in the megawatt range and resulted in the production of 96-Mwhr of nuclear energy. Effects of various transient conditions on reactor operation were determined.
