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Thermal Hydraulics
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)
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.
Hisashi Sagawa, Hiroshi Kawamura, Yoshiaki Ikejima, Naoki Imaizumi, Rokuro Oyamada, Kuniaki Miura
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 28 | Number 3 | October 1995 | Pages 732-735
Tritium Processing | Proceedings of the Fifth Topical Meeting on Tritium Technology in Fission, Fusion, and Isotopic Applications Belgirate, Italy May 28-June 3, 1995 | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A30491
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A breeder blanket, whose purposes are to breed tritium and to produce thermal energy, is indispensable for a fusion reactor. In addition to demonstrating the physics of burning D-T plasmas, an experimental reactor such as the ITER will also conduct a verification test of a blanket design. An in-pile functional test has been considered to obtain above engineering data since 1992 in the JMTR project. The sweep gas system which is a system to measure and recover the tritium released from a blanket mock-up has been designed. From the results of the design, the sweep gas system will be sufficient for the in-pile functional test in the JMTR.