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Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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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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Keeping up with Kewaunee
In October 2012, Dominion Energy announced it was closing the Kewaunee nuclear power plant, a two-loop 574-MWe pressurized water reactor located about 27 miles southeast of Green Bay, Wis., on the western shore of Lake Michigan. At the time, Dominion said the plant was running well, but that low wholesale electricity prices in the region made it uneconomical to continue operation of the single-unit merchant power plant.
Richard M. Bidwell, Walter R. Wykoff
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 1 | Number 6 | December 1956 | Pages 443-451
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE56-A18459
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The Parasite Reactor is a 1-liter pressure bomb for phase studies under irradiation at temperatures and pressures up to at least 400°C and 5000 psi. Provision was made for sampling of solid, liquid, and gas phases for analysis. Power output was measured. Yields of radiolytic gases were calculated. It was established that uranyl nitrate solutions are sufficiently stable up to 248°C to be used for a proposed high-pressure Water Boiler reactor.