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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.
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Nuclear Technology | Volume 6 | Number 6 | June 1969 | Pages 588-593
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT69-A28289
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Gamma-ray buildup factors, both exposure (dose) and energy absorption, were calculated for sand (SiO2), air (N78O22), and cellulose or wood (C6H10O5). A moments method program coded for the CDC-1604 computer was the principal computing device used.