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US Army chooses nine sites for possible microreactor by 2030
As part of the Janus Program, announced in October, the Department of the Army is seeking potential commercial vendors to build microreactor power plants at nine military installations that are under consideration.
C. R. Mefford, H. E. Williamson
Nuclear Technology | Volume 4 | Number 6 | June 1968 | Pages 425-431
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT68-A26368
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Boron-containing materials for which fabrication processes are described include boron dispersions in iron, boron-stainless steel alloys, and boron carbide-filled stainless steel tubes. Experience with both satisfactory and less-than-satisfactory materials and fabrication procedures is briefly documented. The present performance of boron carbide-filled tubes, sheathed to make a cruiform control rod, is satisfactory, and continuing improvements are expected.
