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The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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Japanese researchers test detection devices at West Valley
Two research scientists from Japan’s Kyoto University and Kochi University of Technology visited the West Valley Demonstration Project in western New York state earlier this fall to test their novel radiation detectors, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced on November 19.
Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2024)
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|3:15–5:00PM EST|Coral B
Session Chair:
SuJong Yoon (TerraPower)
Alternate Chair:
Victor Habiyaremye (NRG)
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Preliminary Experiment on Local Hot Spots in Liquid Metal Cooled Wire-wrapped Pin Bundles
3:15–3:35PM EST
Taehwan Ahn (ETH Zurich), Victor Petrov (ETH Zürich), Annalisa Manera (ETH Zürich), Wilhelm-Martin Bissels (PSI)
Paper
Code Comparison of SE2ANL and DASSH Using a Medium-Size SFR
3:35–3:55PM EST
Michael A. Smith (ANL), Kyle Ramey (ANL), Nicolas Stauff (ANL)
Modeling of Natural Convection in Low Prandtl Number Fluids Using a Novel Local Algebraic Heat Flux Model
3:55–4:15PM EST
Victor Habiyaremye (Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group), Akshat Mathur (Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group), Ferry Roelofs (Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group)
Coupling SAS-FATE for Mechanistic Source Term Analysis of Lead-Cooled Fast Reactors
4:15–4:35PM EST
Sung Jin Lee (Fauske & Assoc.), Luciano Maniaci (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jim Scobel (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Dan O’Grady (ANL)
Experimental Friction Factor for Wire-Wrapped Bundle with a Porous Blockage
4:35–4:55PM EST
Matthew Kinsky (TAMU), Dalton Pyle (TAMU), Craig Menezes (TAMU), Yassin Hassan (TAMU)
Numerical Study on Sodium Heat Transfer Characteristics for PLANDTL 37-Pin Fuel Assembly
4:55–5:05PM EST
Won-Seok Ryoo (Gachon Univ.), Gi-Uk Choi (Gachon Univ.), Jae-Ho Jeong (Gachon Univ.)
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