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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.
J. A. Basmajian, A. L. Pitner, D. E. Mahagin, H. C. F. Ripfel, D. E. Baker
Nuclear Technology | Volume 16 | Number 1 | October 1972 | Pages 238-248
Technical Paper | Reactor Materials Performance / Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT72-A31190
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Fast neutron spectra irradiations of boron carbide are being performed. Hardened spectra irradiations in ETR, material irradiations in EBR-II, and EBR-II components yielded the data which are being used for design and analysis of FFTF control elements. Boron carbide was irradiated at temperatures from 800 to 1600°F at burnup values from 2 × 1020 to 20 × 1020 captures/cm3. A variety of material parameters such as pellet density and boron-to-carbon ratios were measured. Data on gas release, swelling, thermal conductivity, microscopy, and compatibility were found to differ substantially from data obtained in thermal reactors.