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Argonne updates: Fuel research and materials lab
Over the past two weeks, Argonne National Laboratory has announced numerous significant advancements being made by its staff to push forward nuclear fuels and materials research. Those announcements include the opening of the new Activated Materials Lab, the development of a new measurement technique, and the application of new artificial intelligence tools.
Felix B. Litton, John H. Bender
Nuclear Technology | Volume 5 | Number 5 | November 1968 | Pages 299-301
Technical Papers and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT68-A27994
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Low-temperature distillation is recommended as the method for removing sodium from sodium-bonded, sintered, mixed-carbide fuel pellets. Distillation of the sodium at 5 × 10−6 torr pressure and 485 ± 10°C has no deleterious effect on the microstructure, whereas the porosity may be altered by dissolution techniques.
