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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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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.
Akihiro Suzuki, Takayuki Terai, Satoru Tanaka
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 34 | Number 3 | November 1998 | Pages 526-530
Fueling and Tritium Handling Technology (Poster Session) | doi.org/10.13182/FST98-A11963666
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A model including an isotopic exchange reaction of T+, HT, H2 and H+ dissolved in Flibe is proposed to explain the tritium release behavior from Flibe in an in-pile experiment. The temporal change of HT release rate for about two hours after the start of tritium generation observed by the experiment was well reproduced by the model. The steady-state values of HT concentration in Flibe in case of low H2 partial pressure calculated from the experimental data are limited by the concentration of molecular hydrogen (H2+HT) in Flibe. H2 supply from the gas phase is a rate-determining mechanism for the isotopic exchange reaction.