Nuclear Fusion 175 - Researches At JET In England Report Record Breaking Fusion Power Generation - Part 2 of 2 Parts

Part 2 of 2 Parts – (Please read Part 1 first)
     While fuel particles are much cooler when the reach the divertor, they still retain enough energy to knock atoms loose from the material of the divertor when they impact. Previously, JET’s divertor had a wall made of graphite. However, graphite absorbs and traps too many of the fuel particles for practical use.

Nuclear Reactors 1015 - X-energy Developing A TRISO Fuel Manufacturing Facility in Tennessee

     X-energy is the inventor of the Xe-100 high temperature gas cooled small modular reactor (SMR). They announced on April 4th that their wholly owned subsidiary, TRISO-X LLC, has selected the Horizon Center Industrial Park in Oak Ridge to site their TF3 plant which will initially produce eight tons of fuel per year. This is enough to provide fuel for twelve Xe-100s.

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