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Nuclear EOs: One year later
This Saturday, May 23, will mark one year since President Trump issued four executive orders (EOs) that sought to implement sweeping changes across the U.S. nuclear industry. From regulatory reform at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to new authorization projects at the Departments of Energy and Defense, the orders sent ripples throughout the industry.
R. B. Pratt, J. D. Sease, W. H. Pechin, A. L. Lotts
Nuclear Technology | Volume 6 | Number 3 | March 1969 | Pages 241-255
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT69-A28313
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This report describes work concerning production of coated-particle fuels for use in high-temperature, gas-cooled reactors (HTGR's) and a coating system that has served as the basis for the design of a remotely operated recycle fuel fabrication system. We have demonstrated an ability to deposit low-and high-density pyrolytic carbon coatings having a variety of properties on a scale adequate to satisfy the proposed Thorium Uranium Recycle Facility production rate, 10 kg of heavy metal fuel per day. To do this, we have designated an engineering scale, 5-in.-i.d. fluidized bed coating furnace and its auxiliaries. Additionally, we have identified process controlling parameters and demonstrated their effect on inner- and outer-coating properties produced from acetylene, propane, and propylene. Specific coating properties controlled were density, thickness, anisotropy factor, coating rate, and deposition efficiency. Parameters identified include: bed temperature, gas purity, gas flux, inert-gas dilution, charge size, kernel composition, kernel size, and components configuration.