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The Young Members Group works to encourage and enable all young professional members to be actively involved in the efforts and endeavors of the Society at all levels (Professional Divisions, ANS Governance, Local Sections, etc.) as they transition from the role of a student to the role of a professional. It sponsors non-technical workshops and meetings that provide professional development and networking opportunities for young professionals, collaborates with other Divisions and Groups in developing technical and non-technical content for topical and national meetings, encourages its members to participate in the activities of the Groups and Divisions that are closely related to their professional interests as well as in their local sections, introduces young members to the rules and governance structure of the Society, and nominates young professionals for awards and leadership opportunities available to members.
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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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Oak Ridge community roundtable explores workforce challenges
Federal and contractor officials, community leaders, and educators gathered in Knoxville, Tenn., on October 29 for a roundtable event focused on ensuring the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and its partners have the resources and infrastructure needed to support a robust, talented workforce in the years ahead.
A. Bhattacharya, S. D. Yu
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 174 | Number 1 | May 2013 | Pages 60-78
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE12-31
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
This paper presents the development of comprehensive computational fluid dynamics models for unsteady flows of coolant through a string of 12 CANDU 6 fuel bundles with angular misalignments inside a pressure tube by means of large eddy simulation. The computational scheme is first validated against the numerical and experimental data available in the literature for an array of parallel rods without end plates. The converged numerical results for the 12-bundle string are then successfully obtained by utilizing 60 supercomputers and parallel processing. The computed mean and root-mean-square values of the lateral fluid forces indicate that it is necessary to model the entire fuel string in a channel to accurately quantify the unsteady flow-induced excitations.
