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Hot Fuel Examination Facility named a Nuclear Historic Landmark
The American Nuclear Society recently announced the designation of three new nuclear historic landmarks: the Hot Fuel Examination Facility (HFEF), the Neely Nuclear Research Center, and the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Today’s article, the first in a three-part series, will focus on the historical significance of HFEF.
D. R. Kingdon, A. A. Harms
Nuclear Technology | Volume 116 | Number 1 | October 1996 | Pages 1-8
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT96-A35307
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The average fuel pellet power ratio in a pellet-suspension core is investigated. This ratio relates the electric power required to sustain the pellet suspension to the electric power derivable from the fission process. For 2% enriched uranium in a suspending medium of helium gas, a power ratio >2 × 104 for a range of particle sizes is found. Comparable ratios of 1 × 104 for light water and 2 × 103 for liquid lead as suspending mediums are determined. For each fluid, the power ratio appears sufficiently favorable to warrant further investigation of such fission reactor cores
