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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
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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General Kenneth Nichols and the Manhattan Project
Nichols
The Oak Ridger has published the latest in a series of articles about General Kenneth D. Nichols, the Manhattan Project, and the 1954 Atomic Energy Act. The series has been produced by Nichols’ grandniece Barbara Rogers Scollin and Oak Ridge (Tenn.) city historian David Ray Smith. Gen. Nichols (1907–2000) was the district engineer for the Manhattan Engineer District during the Manhattan Project.
As Smith and Scollin explain, Nichols “had supervision of the research and development connected with, and the design, construction, and operation of, all plants required to produce plutonium-239 and uranium-235, including the construction of the towns of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Richland, Washington. The responsibility of his position was massive as he oversaw a workforce of both military and civilian personnel of approximately 125,000; his Oak Ridge office became the center of the wartime atomic energy’s activities.”
Technical Session
Tuesday, July 23, 2024|1:00–2:50PM CDT|Assembly
Session Chair:
Jun Ren (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Minami Yoda (Michigan State University)
Session Organizer:
Paul P. Wilson
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Design Approach and Technology R&D for the EU-DEMO Divertor
1:00–1:25PM CDT
J.H. You (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics), N. Mantel (UKAEA), D. Marzullo (Univ. Trieste), G. Mazzone (ENEA), S. Roccella (ENEA), P. Rossi (ENEA), L. Volpe (UKAEA)
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Design and Integration of a Decoupled Capillary Porous System Based First Wall for HELIAS
1:25–1:50PM CDT
Jose A. Noguerón (CIEMAT), Iván Fernández-Berceruelo (CIEMAT), David Rapisarda (CIEMAT), Iole Palermo (CIEMAT)
Thermal-Fluid and Thermal-Structural Response of the T-Tube Modular Divertor to Spatiotemporally Varying Heat Loads
1:50–2:10PM CDT
M.L. Lanahan (Georgia Tech), S.I. Abdel-Khalik (Georgia Tech), M. Yoda (Michigan State Univ.)
Design and Implementation of Surface Eroding Thermocouples for Stage One Modular Divertor Integration
2:10–2:30PM CDT
J. Ren (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), T. Elsey (General Atomics), C. Murphy (General Atomics), B.Z. Zhao (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), D. Pierce (General Atomics), M. Shafer (ORNL), R. Wilcox (ORNL), S. Hong (General Atomics), D. Donovan (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Design and Analysis of an Integrated Additively Manufactured Test Article for Plasma Facing Component
2:30–2:50PM CDT
Ajit Bhat (ORNL), Michael DeVinney (ORNL), Travis K. Gray (ORNL), Cody S. Wiggins (ORNL)
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