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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.
Genichi Matsumoto, Soichi Doi, Kohei Ohkubo, Yasushi Ikeda
Nuclear Technology | Volume 68 | Number 1 | January 1985 | Pages 94-101
Technical Paper | Analyse | doi.org/10.13182/NT85-A33570
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To investigate the feasibility of applying a porta-ble neutron generator for neutron radiography (NR), an underwater NR facility was designed and constructed in the water pool in a hot laboratory. By using the system, including neutron converters and films, it was possible to obtain NR images within ∼10 min. Various characteristic tests and photography by both emulsion and tracketch methods were carried out for various objects containing irradiated nuclear fuel samples. Some combinations of the converter and x-ray films, such as gadolinium foil/Type AA, were found to be suitable for NR in this case, but the much more sensitive converter NE426 was able to reduce the exposure time considerably. The strongly irradiated nuclear fuel samples were successfully photographed by CA-8015 track-etch films with a 10BN converter.
