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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
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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
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Sonoran 6
Session Chair:
Donna P. Guillen (INL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Sunming Qin (INL)
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Experimental Study of the Thermal Behavior of Sodium Heat Pipe with Liquid Overfilling
3:15–3:35PM MST
Dong Hun Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), In Cheol Bang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
Paper
Steady-State Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of a Quarter-Core Liquid Metal-Hydride Cooled Microreactor
3:35–3:55PM MST
Kaeley Stevens (Oregon State), Izabela Gutowska (Oregon State), Derick Botha (NuScale Power)
Using PIRT to Accelerate the Development of High Temperature Heat Pipe for eVinci Micro-Reactor
3:55–4:15PM MST
Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michael J. Patterson (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Michael A. Shockling (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Design Optimization of Gap Distance for the Annular Wick Heat Pipe
4:15–4:35PM MST
Joseph Seo (TAMU), Daegeun Kim (TAMU), Hansol Kim (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)
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