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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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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
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Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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Fermilab center renamed after late particle physicist Helen Edwards
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory’s Integrated Engineering Research Center, which officially opened in January 2024, is now known as the Helen Edwards Engineering Center. The name was changed to honor the late particle physicist who led the design, construction, commissioning, and operation of the lab’s Tevatron accelerator and was part of the Water Resources Development Act signed by President Biden in December 2024, according to a Fermilab press release.
K. A. Moreno, K. C. Chen, J. W. Crippen, R. Fallon, H. Huang, Y. T. Lee, A. Q. L. Nguyen, A. Nikroo, K. L. Sequoia, J. J. D. Wu, H. W. Xu
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 59 | Number 1 | January 2011 | Pages 46-50
Technical Paper | Nineteenth Target Fabrication Meeting | doi.org/10.13182/FST59-46
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The current National Ignition Facility (NIF) ignition target design consists of 18 precisely assembled components. At the center of the target is a capsule fill tube assembly (CFTA), the baseline of which comprises a Be:Cu or CH:Ge multilayer capsule attached to a glass tube that is used for filling the capsule with hydrogen fuel. The current CFTA has 45 specifications that need to be precisely measured, which are grouped into capsule specifications and attachment specifications. Recent modifications to the tools and the procedures for metrology of these specifications have been implemented and are described. These changes resulted from the experience that the CFTA fabrication team had during production in the early hohlraum energetics campaign on NIF; the evolution of these modifications is discussed.