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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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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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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|Sponsored by THD
Friday, December 3, 2021|1:00–2:45PM EST |Columbia 10
Session Chair:
Igor Bolotnov (NCSU)
Alternate Chairs:
Jun Wang
Elia Merzari (Penn State Univ.)
Session Organizer:
Jun Fang
Student Assistant:
Tri Nguyen
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Friction Factor Evaluation for Flow over a Rectangular Cylinder Using DNS Approach
1:05–1:25PM EST
Vincent Dallura (NC State Univ.), Anna Iskhakova (NC State Univ.), Igor A. Bolotnov (NC State Univ.)
Paper
Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis of MITR LEU Fuel Plate
1:25–1:45PM EST
Guanyi Wang (ANL), Cezary Bojanowski (ANL), Akshay Dave (ANL), David Jaluvka (ANL), Lin-wen Hu (MIT), Erik Wilson (ANL)
Preliminary Thermal-Hydraulics Analysis of SFR Assembly Windows Under Sodium Boiling Transients
1:45–2:05PM EST
Ran Zhang (Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.), Carlo Fiorina (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne), Stefan Radman (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne), Suizheng Qiu (Xi'an Jiaotong Univ.)
Validation of RANS CFD Models Based on Pressure Drop and Velocity for a 61-Pin Wire-Wrapped Fuel Bundle
2:05–2:25PM EST
Octavio Bovati (Texas A&M Univ.), Rodolfo Vaghetto (Texas A&M Univ.), Yassin Hassan (Texas A&M Univ.)
Lagrangian CFD Analyses of Airborne Particles from Dropped Shipping Containers for Use in DOE M441.1-1 Calculations -- Extended Analyses of Can Impact
2:25–2:45PM EST
M. Alsharif (Consolidated Nuclear Security), S. M. McGuffie (Porter McGuffie)
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