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The division's objectives are to promote the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical phenomena characterizing nuclear reactors and other nuclear systems. The division encourages research and disseminates information through meetings and publications. Areas of technical interest include nuclear data, particle interactions and transport, reactor and nuclear systems analysis, methods, design, validation and operating experience and standards. The Wigner Award heads the awards program.
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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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Ontario eyes new nuclear development
A 1,300-acre site left undeveloped on the shores of Lake Ontario four decades ago could see new life as the home to a large nuclear facility.
Kio Takai, Yoshiki Indou, Kazuhisa Yuki, Koichi Suzuki, Akio Sagara
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 72 | Number 4 | November 2017 | Pages 699-704
Technical Note | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2017.1352430
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
This study evaluates convective and boiling heat transfer characteristics of a water impinging jet flow in porous media in order to remove the heat flux of 10 MW/m2 imposed to fusion divertors. The metal porous media with complicated microchannels have large heat transfer surface due to fin effect and superior mixing effect of fluid, which enhances not only the convective heat transfer but also the boiling heat transfer by improving the evaporation rate of the cooling liquid. In a proposed heat removal device called EVAPORON-3-Type3, the cooling water is supplied as an impinging jet flow into the porous medium, which is a two-layered copper particle bed, and the generated vapor is discharged through high porosity gaps on the heat transfer surface. As a result, the convective heat transfer coefficient is improved by 1.6 times compared with that of an impinging jet flow without the copper particle bed. In the boiling heat transfer regime, the critical heat flux is increased by 1.5 times and the heat flux of 8.4 MW/m2 is achieved under low velocity and highly subcooled conditions though it’s not maximum.