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Serbian officials lay out nuclear energy timeline
Serbia reached a significant milestone in 2024 when its National Assembly overturned a moratorium on nuclear power plants that had been in place for 35 years, a ban imposed when the country was part of the former Yugoslavia.
Fast forward to 2026 and the European country’s nuclear energy ambitions have become clearer. On July 13, Serbia’s Ministry of Mining and Energy held a four-day workshop outlining the country’s plans to kickstart a nuclear program.
John F. Geldard, Adolph L. Beyerlein, Houn-Lin Chiu
Nuclear Technology | Volume 78 | Number 2 | August 1987 | Pages 151-156
Technical Paper | Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT87-A33993
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The mathematical basis for a computer code PUNE (Plutonium-Uranium-Non-Equilibrium) is described. The code simulates the steady-state concentration profiles of solvent extraction contactors used in the Purex process under conditions where material transfer between phases deviates from the equilibrium limit. The deviation is accounted for by a mass transfer area characteristic of the operating conditions of a contactor, and a mass transfer coefficient for the chemical species of interest. In the limit of infinite mass transfer rate, PUNE gives the same results as other codes that calculate equilibrium profiles. For 1A and IE contactors, the computational times are reduced between two- and fivefold over times required by other codes that generate the steady-state profiles via transient state conditions. For 1B or partitioning contactors, the reduction in time can be more than 20-fold. Since there is no loss of accuracy in these calculations, PUNE represents an important advance in the determination of steady-state profiles, especially for 1B contactors because it is with these that the greatest computational difficulties are encountered.