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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.
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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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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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DOE-EM awards $37.5M to Vanderbilt University for nuclear cleanup support
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced on January 16 that it has awarded a noncompetitive financial assistance agreement worth $37.5 million to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., to aid the department’s mission of cleaning up legacy nuclear waste.
O.E. Dwyer, P. S. Tu
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 15 | Number 1 | January 1963 | Pages 58-68
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE63-A26264
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Using a Lyon (3) type of analysis, theoretical Nusselt numbers have been calculated for liquid metals flowing in concentric annuli, under conditions of constant heat flux and fully-established turbulent flow. These have been expressed in the form of semiempirical equations for the case of heat transfer from the inner wall only and for the case of heat transfer from the outer wall only. Predictions on the basis of these equations are compared with those by other relationships and with experimental results. The proposed equations are consistent with those for turbulent flow of liquid metals inside circular tubes and between parallel plates; the former being the limit for an annulus as r2/r1 approaches infinity, and the latter being the limit as r2/r1 approaches unity.