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Texas A&M welcomes uranium conversion research
The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) has signed a research agreement with Quantum Leap Energy (QLE) “to advance and de-risk the commercial production of high-purity uranium hexafluoride (UF6).”
QLE is an Austin, Texas–based subsidiary of ASP Isotopes (ASPI), which is developing an isotope enrichment platform for applications in nuclear energy, nuclear medicine, and semiconductors. QLE specializes in the uranium conversion step of the nuclear fuel cycle—the conversion of yellowcake uranium concentrate (U3O8) into UF6 prior to enrichment.
Grant R. Garrett, Brian R. Lowery, Molly K. Hanson, Douglas J. Miller, Turki Almudhhi, Fan-Bill Cheung, Stephen M. Bajorek, Kirk Tien, Chris L. Hoxie
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 197 | Number 10 | October 2023 | Pages 2686-2710
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2022.2157189
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As part of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development/Nuclear Energy Agency Rod Bundle Heat Transfer (RBHT) project, an experimental study was performed to investigate the entrained droplet sizes and velocities in a rod bundle under reflood conditions. Experimental results were obtained from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission/The Pennsylvania State University RBHT test facility using advanced dual laser measurement systems that allow for the simultaneous measurement of droplet behaviors at two axial locations during reflood transients. The RBHT facility is highly instrumented and contains a 7×7 electrically heated bundle with dimensions matching those in commercial pressurized water reactors. The combination of the measurement capabilities of the RBHT facility and the choice of appropriate experimental conditions allows for the measurement of unique droplet size and velocity distributions under different transient reflood conditions.