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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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U.S. may help bring nuclear energy to El Salvador
Officials from the United States and the Republic of El Salvador signed a memorandum of understanding Monday, agreeing to cooperate on strategic civil nuclear development.
In one of his first acts in office, U.S. secretary of state Marco Rubio signed the MOU with El Salvadoran foreign minister Alexandra Hill Tinoco during his recent visit.
Technical Session|Fundamental Thermal Hydraulics
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|9:00–10:20AM EDT|Columbia 2
Session Chair:
Cesare Frepoli (FPolisolutions)
Alternate Chair:
Edward D. Blandford (Kairos Power)
Session Organizer:
Philippe M. Bardet
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Influence of Reactor Cavity Cooling System Design Parameters on Heat Transfer for a Prototypical gFHR
9:00–9:20AM EDT
Khaled Talaat (Univ. New Mexico), Minghui Chen (Univ. New Mexico)
Paper
Analytical Investigation on Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics in a Natural Circulation Loop for an Integral Type Reactor
9:20–9:40AM EDT
Hyun-Sik Park (KAERI), Hwang Bae (KAERI), Sung-Uk Ryu (KAERI), Sunil Lee (KAERI), Jin-Hwa Yang (KAERI), Byong-Guk Jeon (KAERI), Sung-Jae Yi (KAERI)
1D Modelica Modeling of the DYNASTY-eDYNASTY Coupled Natural Circulation Loops
9:40–10:00AM EDT
G. Benzoni (Politecnico di Milano), C. Introini (Politecnico di Milano), A. Cammi (Politecnico di Milano), S. Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano)
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Natural Circulation Test and Non-Condensable Gas Effect on a Two-Phase Thermosyphon Loop
10:00–10:20AM EDT
Dahoon Jeong (Gyeongsang Nat'l Univ.), Seyeon Hwang (Gyeongsang Nat'l Univ.), Hyewon Kim (Gyeongsang Nat'l Univ.), Hyungmo Kim (Gyeongsang Nat'l Univ.), Dong Eok Kim (Chung-Ang Univ.)
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