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X-energy raises $700M in latest funding round
Advanced reactor developer X-energy has announced that it has closed an oversubscribed Series D financing round of approximately $700 million. The funding proceeds are expected to be used to help continue the expansion of its supply chain and the commercial pipeline for its Xe-100 advanced small modular reactor and TRISO-X fuel, according the company.
Juan J. Carbajo, Paul A. Howard
Nuclear Technology | Volume 47 | Number 2 | February 1980 | Pages 244-265
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT80-A32430
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A new computer program, PLENUM-2A, has been developed to predict the conditions in the outlet plenum of a liquid-metal fast breeder reactor after a transient scram. This program divides the transient into three main consecutive discrete states. Two additional stages, one occurring before the transient begins and the other occurring as the transient ends, are also considered. The three main stages are described in detail, and calculations and experimental results are compared. The agreement between the calculations and experimental data is very good.
