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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
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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.
F. W. Staub, N. Zuber
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 30 | Number 2 | November 1967 | Pages 296-303
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE67-A17339
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The void propagation equation is applied to predict the void response to both flow and power oscillations in a boiling liquid in forced flow through a duct with axially nonuniform power input. The analysis and the solution are presented in dimensionless form so they may be applied to various systems of practical interest. For the range of parameters examined in this paper, neither the steady-state void fraction nor the transient void response are significantly affected by the shape of the axial power-input distribution to the fluid. The predicted void response to combined flow and power-input oscillations to the fluid indicates that: 1) The void propagation velocity is about the same whether the power alone, flow alone, or power and flow together are oscillated, provided all other parameters are unchanged. 2) Flow oscillations in phase with power oscillations reduce the amplitude of the void oscillations below the values that would be present with either the same power or flow oscillations acting alone. 3) Flow oscillations 180° out of phase with power oscillations result in void oscillations whose amplitudes are roughly equal to the sum of the void amplitudes that would exist with the respective power and flow oscillations acting alone.