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Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
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2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Thermal Hydraulics Analysis and Testing
Monday, June 17, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Palm H
Session Chair:
Katrina Sweetland (LANL)
Alternate Chair:
Mauricio E. Tano (INL)
Session Organizers:
Hiroyuki Yoshida (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Caleb S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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Experimental Study on a Loss of Shutdown Cooling System (SCS) Accompanied by a Main Steam Line Break (MSLB) Accident Based on the Risk/Performance Information Analysis
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Yusun Park (KAERI), Byoung Uhn Bae (KAERI), Jongrok Kim (KAERI), Jae Bong Lee (KAERI), Seok Cho (KAERI), Kyoung Ho Kang (KAERI), Jae Beol Hong (Future & Challenge Technology), Hyun Bin Chang (Future & Challenge Technology)
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Experimental Study on Pressure Loss Characteristic in a Vertical Annulus Under Low Reynolds Number Natural Circulation Flow Conditions
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Youngchang Ko (Pusan Nat'l Univ.), Seongbae Park (Pusan Nat'l Univ.), Sanggyun Nam (Pusan Nat'l Univ.), Jae Jun Jeong (Pusan Nat'l Univ.), Byongjo Yun (Pusan Nat'l Univ.)
Testing of Lead Freezing at the LEFREEZ Facility in Support of Westinghouse Lead Fast Reactor Development
1:40–2:00PM PDT
Fabio Martini (Westinghouse Electric Co. UK), Sung Jin Lee (Fauske & Assoc.), Michael Epstein (Fauske & Assoc.), Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Dean Wilson (Univ. Manchester), Hector Iacovides (Univ. Manchester)
First Phase Passive Heat Removal Facility (PHRF) Experiments for Westinghouse LFR
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Marco Caramello (Ansaldo Nucleare), Megan Durse (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Richard F. Wright (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Emre Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Giorgio K. Youssef (Sapienza Univ. Rome), Michele Frignani (Ansaldo Nuclear), Mariano Tarantino (ENEA), Aiden Wimshurst (Frazer-Nash Consultancy), Rhodri Watkins (Frazer-Nash Consultancy), Graham Macpherson (Frazer-Nash Consultancy)
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