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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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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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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Judge temporarily blocks DOE’s move to slash university research funding
A group of universities led by the American Association of Universities (AAU) acted swiftly to oppose a policy action by the Department of Energy that would cut the funds it pays to universities for the indirect costs of research under DOE grants. The group filed suit Monday, April 14, challenging a what it termed a “flagrantly unlawful action” that could “devastate scientific research at America’s universities.”
By Wednesday, the U.S. District Court judge hearing the case issued a temporary restraining order effective nationwide, preventing the DOE from implementing the policy or terminating any existing grants.
M. Theobald, P. Baclet, O. Legaie., J. Durand.
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 38 | Number 1 | July 2000 | Pages 62-68
Technical Paper | Thirteenth Target Fabrication Specialists’ Meeting | doi.org/10.13182/FST00-A36118
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Amorphous hydrogenated carbon films are the nominal ablators to be used in French inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments. These targets are developed for the future Megajoule laser (LMJ) of the CEA. Coatings are prepared by remote rf-PECVD and their properties have been investigated. Laser fusion targets must have optimized optical characteristics (UV-visible transparency), mechanical strength, high gas permeability, low oxygen pollution. The films are characterized by 13C NMR, RBS, UV-visible spectroscopy, gas permeation, thermogravimetric analysis. A study of the glow discharge is also developed using optical emission spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. In this article, we try to understand the relationships between precursors, plasma composition, deposition rate and film properties.Best results are obtained with trans-2-butene/hydrogen (T2B/H2) coatings in post-discharge.
