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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
A. R. Shepherd, J. N. Anno
Nuclear Technology | Volume 52 | Number 3 | March 1981 | Pages 435-436
Technical Note | Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A32719
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Radiation-induced outgassing was measured for several metals exposed to 60Co gamma radiation. The metals, in the form of tubes or rods, were placed in a Type 304 stainless-steel vacuum system. It was determined that the array of the pins (either square or hexagonal) did not significantly affect the results. The measurements for Type 304 stainless steel varied from (1.42 ± 1.75) × 10−9 (Pa - ℓ)/(cm2 ·s) per Mrad/h for a surface-to-volume (S/V) ratio of 8.64 cm−1 to (9.58 ± 3.81) ×10−10(pa - ℓ)/(cm2·s) for an S/V ratio of 3.08 cm−1. For Type 316 stainless steel, the determination was (1.18 ± 0.49) × 10−9 (pa - ℓ)/(cm2·s) per Mrad/h, for aluminum the value was (6.24 ± 17.2) × 10−10 and for carbon (2.28 ± 0.59) × 10−9 (pa - ℓ.)/(cm2·s) per Mrad/h. The determinations were made by comparing the rate-of-rise pressure curves with and without gamma radiation, and large errors resulted when the differences were small.