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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.
Meeting Spotlight
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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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IEA report: Challenges need to be resolved to support global nuclear energy growth
The International Energy Agency published a new report this month outlining how continued innovation, government support, and new business models can unleash nuclear power expansion worldwide.
The Path to a New Era for Nuclear Energy report “reviews the status of nuclear energy around the world and explores risks related to policies, construction, and financing.”
Find the full report at IEA.org.
Roger B. DeBar
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 30 | Number 2 | November 1967 | Pages 159-165
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE67-A17326
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The most general linear truncation relation for the spherical harmonic representation of the transport equation in three dimensions is shown in any order to be a partial differential equation. This equation is uniquely determined up to two independent scalar parameters in the time-dependent case and one scalar parameter in the time-independent case. In the time-dependent situation, one of the parameters may be related to the other parameter, which is pertinent to the time-independent limit, in such a way as to give correct retardation in all orders.
