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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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DOE-NE’s newest fuel consortium includes defense from antitrust laws
The Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy is setting up a nuclear fuel Defense Production Act Consortium that will seek voluntary agreements with interested companies “to increase fuel availability, provide more access to reliable power, and end America’s reliance on foreign sources of enriched uranium and critical materials needed to power the nation’s nuclear renaissance.” According to an August 22 DOE press release, the plan invokes the Defense Production Act (DPA) to give consortium members “defense from antitrust laws when certain criteria are met” and “allow industry consultation to develop plans of action.” DOE-NE is looking for interested companies to join the consortium ahead of its first meeting, scheduled for October 14.
Richard S. Skifton, Joe Palmer, Kurt Davis, Pattrick Calderoni (INL), Ember Sikorski (Boise State Univ), Doug Corbett (Idaho Laboratories Corp.)
Proceedings | Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technolgies (NPIC&HMIT 2019) | Orlando, FL, February 9-14, 2019 | Pages 1524-1529
Over the preceding ten years, continual research and development has been performed on the high temperature irradiation resistant thermocouple (HTIR-TC) by the team at Idaho National Laboratories (INL) High Temperature Test Laboratory (HTTL). The HTIR-TC has the capability of achieving high temperatures up to 1600°C or more. Further, the HTIR-TC has gone through many longevity tests both in and out of pile to show the amount of drift is minimal compared standard thermocouples. Key considerations for properties and materials of the HTIR-TC have been final diameter, ductility after heat treatment, and minimizing transmutation of materials during operation. Further, heat treatment and calibration processes have been established in order to consistently produce repeatable and reliable temperature readings. The current work provides further background for the standardization process of the HTIR-TC.