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Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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Supreme Court rules against Texas in interim storage case
The Supreme Court voted 6–3 against Texas and a group of landowners today in a case involving the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s licensing of a consolidated interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel, reversing a decision by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to grant the state and landowners Fasken Land and Minerals (Fasken) standing to challenge the license.
Chih Wu
Nuclear Technology | Volume 84 | Number 2 | February 1989 | Pages 123-127
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A34182
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The power output of a simple finite-time Brayton closed cycle for an indirect gas-cooled nuclear power plant is analyzed. The system adopted is a reversible Brayton cycle coupled to a reactor (heat source) and a cooling fluid (heat sink) by heat transfer. Mathematical expression is derived for the power output of the nuclear power plant, and the maximum power output is found. The maximum bound provides a basis for designing a real indirect gas nuclear power plant and for a performance comparison with existing power plants.
