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$40M investment to spur new nuclear developments in Idaho and Wyoming
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that its Economic Development Administration (EDA) intends to award $31 million to the Intermountain-West Nuclear Energy Corridor (INEC) Tech Hub. The Idaho Advanced Energy Consortium (IAEC), the group that leads the INEC Tech Hub, subsequently announced that matching donations from its stakeholder partners will bring the total investment up to $40 million.
Edgar Berkey, George G. Sweeney, William M. Hickam
Nuclear Technology | Volume 5 | Number 5 | November 1968 | Pages 344-353
Technical Papers and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT68-A28002
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The feasibility of using spark source mass spectrography for a direct multielement analysis of solid sodium is demonstrated. Two different sparking configurations are employed, one with the capability of obtaining local analyses and the other capable of bulk analyses. Sample handling and preparation are minimal. Both argon and vacuum are used to protect the sodium prior to analysis. Liquid nitrogen cooling applied to the sodium while sparking inhibits melting and preferential volatilization. Detection limits below 100 ppb atomic are readily attained, and there is reasonable agreement with emission spectrographs results. The analysis of doped solutions further confirms the applicability of the technique.