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Division Spotlight
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.
Meeting Spotlight
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
Standards Program
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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Feinstein Institutes to research novel radiation countermeasure
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, home of the research institutes of New York’s Northwell Health, announced it has received a five-year, $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the potential of human ghrelin, a naturally occurring hormone, as a medical countermeasure against radiation-induced gastrointestinal syndrome (GI-ARS).
Technical Session|Sponsored by Thermal Hydraulics
Saturday, April 16, 2022|9:45–11:15AM CDT|Innovation Room
Sponsored by ANS Thermal Hydraulics Division and
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Determination of Aspect Ratio Influence on Flow and Heat Transfer Behavior in Twisted Elliptical Tubes for Molten Salt Applications
Sierra Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Dillon R. Shaver (ANL)
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Role of Fuel-Moderator Geometry on Transition to Natural Convection Driven Air Ingress in High Temperature Helium Loop
Isaiah D. Wicoff (Kansas State), Hitesh Bindra (Kansas State)
Design and Preliminary Understanding of Flow In Pebble Bed Reactors using Positron Emission Particle Tracking
Adam Mafi (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Cody S. Wiggins (ORNL), Arturo Cabral (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Jerel W. Houston (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
An Experimental Investigation of the Effect of High Pressure on Bubble Depature Diameter
Evelyn R. Washburn (Virginia Tech), Bruno P. Serrao (Virginia Tech), Juliana P. Duarte (Virginia Tech)
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