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Thermal Hydraulics
The division provides a forum for focused technical dialogue on thermal hydraulic technology in the nuclear industry. Specifically, this will include heat transfer and fluid mechanics involved in the utilization of nuclear energy. It is intended to attract the highest quality of theoretical and experimental work to ANS, including research on basic phenomena and application to nuclear system design.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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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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El Salvador: Looking to nuclear
In 2022, El Salvador’s leadership decided to expand its modest, mostly hydro- and geothermal-based electricity system, which is supported by expensive imported natural gas and diesel generation. They chose to use advanced nuclear reactors, preferably fueled by thorium-based fuels, to power their civilian efforts. The choice of thorium was made to inform the world that the reactor program was for civilian purposes only, and so they chose a fuel that was plentiful, easy to source and work with, and not a proliferation risk.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Santa Monica
Session Chair:
Tejaswini Vaidya (Univ. Idaho)
Alternate Chair:
Christina Leggett (Booz Allen Hamilton/ARPA-E)
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Treatment and conditioning are used to convert radioactive, mixed, and hazardous wastes from various waste processing or used nuclear fuel reprocessing activities into inert waste forms for transportation, storage, and final disposal. The treated and conditioned wastes must ultimately be disposed of in a suitable disposal facility. Multiple disposal options are currently being considered for the most highly radioactive wastes, including geologic repositories and deep borehole disposal. This session discusses advances made in waste form development, reprocessing facility off-gas capture technologies, and disposal facility design and optimization.
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Iron Phosphate Glass Waste Forms to Immobilize Dehalogenated Salt Wastes
Matthew Page (Clemson Univ.), Adam Gootgeld (Clemson Univ.), Ming Tang (Clemson Univ.)
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Advanced Long-Term Environmental Monitoring Systems (ALTEMIS) for Consent-Based Siting of Nuclear Facilities
Haruko Wainwright (MIT), Carol Eddy-Dilek (SRNL)
Adsorption of Radioactive Iodine Using Aged Nanocarbon-Coated Ceramic Substrate
Chaithanya Balumuru (Univ. Idaho), Krishnan Raja (Univ. Idaho), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Vivek Utgikar (Univ. Idaho)
Features, Events, and Processes Prioritization for Deep Borehole Disposal Concepts in Crystalline Rock and Shale
Ethan Bates (Deep Isolation), John Midgley (Deep Isolation)
Effects of Storage on Methyl Iodide Adsorption by Mordenite Sorbent
Heinrik Goettsche (Univ. Idaho), Raja Krishnan (Univ. Idaho), Vivek Utgikar (Univ. Idaho)
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