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INL reports findings on unusual quantum behavior of plutonium
Scientists at Idaho National Laboratory have discovered that plutonium hexaboride (PuB6) displays a type of unusual quantum property called a topological Kondo insulating state. Materials with this property are neither typical electricity conductors nor regular insulators. Rather, they have exterior surfaces that strongly conduct electricity and interiors that block electricity.
Mario De Salve, Giovanni Del Tin, Bruno Panella
Nuclear Technology | Volume 111 | Number 2 | August 1995 | Pages 275-282
Technical Paper | Nuclear Criticality Safety Special / Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow | doi.org/10.13182/NT95-A35137
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Experimental data and an analysis of outsurge transients in a small pressurizer at constant electrical power input are discussed. The test section is a vertical cylinder that is connected at the bottom to a cylindrical horizontal section where the steam is produced by electric heaters. The range of the pressure is from 3 to 6 MPa. The fluid and outer wall temperatures are measured at several elevations, and the flashing rate and the fluid/ wall heat transfer are derived from the pressure and temperature time history data. The pressure transient is simulated by means of an extension of the Lu and Simpson prediction method.