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The two reactors at Dominion Energy’s Surry plant are among the oldest in the U.S. nuclear fleet. Yet when the plant celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2023, staff could raise a toast to the future. Surry was one of the first plants to file a subsequent license renewal (SLR) application, and in May 2021, it became official: the plant was licensed to operate for a full 80 years, extending its reactors’ lifespans into 2052 and 2053.
Hamza Ayoub Abdessabour, Beladel Brahim, Sadallah Brahim
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 199 | Number 7 | July 2025 | Pages 1062-1072
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2439680
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This paper presents an analytical formula for the neutron scattering cross section on even-even heavy nuclei using the rotational model and some assumptions as a Yukawa potential shape for neutron-nucleon interaction, rigid rotor approximation, and nuclear matter uniformly distributed within the nuclear matter. The most important characteristic in this study is the avoidance of any approximation of central potential, opposed to what usually happens: the expansion of the potential according to the power of β2, over the Legendre polynomial basis or within Fourier-Bessel analysis. Satisfying and encouraging results have been acquired despite the simplicity of the chosen model (rigid rotor model and the two-parameter potential).