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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
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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Christmas Night
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|10:00–11:45AM EST
Session Chair:
Amir Ali
Alternate Chair:
Guillaume P. Mignot
Session Organizer:
W. David Pointer
Staff Producer:
Erica McGowan (American Nuclear Society)
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Towards Understanding the Thermal-Hydraulic Distortion of using Surrogate Fluids for FHRs Development
Amir Ali (Idaho State University), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth University), Arturo Cabral (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Paper
Prediction of Departure from Nucleate Boiling Using Two-Fluid CFD Model
Danny Ouk (University of Massachusetts at Lowell), Subash L. Sharma (University of Massachusetts Lowell)
STAR CCM+ simulation of the Helium-3 neutron capture reaction effect on the Helium-3 Negative Reactivity Insertion (HENRI) cartridge operation
Cole Leingang (Oregon State University), Guillaume P. Mignot (Oregon State University)
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