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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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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.
Kun Min and B. T. Chao
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 26 | Number 4 | December 1966 | Pages 534-546
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE66-A18425
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
An experimental investigation has been carried out demonstrating the feasibility of improving wall-to-fluid heat transfer in solid-gas suspension flow in which the solid particles were electrically charged and were acted upon by forces due to a fluctuating electric field, normal to the flow stream. The suspension, consisting of 30-μ glass beads in air, flowed vertically downward in a rectangular heat-transfer channel. The flow Reynolds number ranged from 1460 to 5840 and the loading ratio from 0 to slightly above 2. An alternating potential of 10-kV peak-to-peak was applied across the half-channel width of 0.635 cm. At the frequency of 7.7 cycles/sec and the loading ratio of unity, the rate of heat transfer was observed to increase by approximately 30 to 60%, depending on the Reynolds number. It was shown that the increase in heat transfer can be largely accounted for by the heat conveyed by the particles from the heated wall to the flow stream. Under certain simplifying assumptions, the increase in heat flux was expressed in terms of the particle influx at the wall and the degree of accommodation of the particles to the wall and fluid bulk temperatures. The principal simplifying feature of the system was the dominant influence of the applied field on the particle transport behavior.