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Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Hash Hashemian: Visionary leadership
As Dr. Hashem M. “Hash” Hashemian prepares to step into his term as President of the American Nuclear Society, he is clear that he wants to make the most of this unique moment.
A groundswell in public approval of nuclear is finding a home in growing governmental support that is backed by a tailwind of technological innovation. “Now is a good time to be in nuclear,” Hashemian said, as he explained the criticality of this moment and what he hoped to accomplish as president.
Richard Stone, H. P. Sleeper, J. R., Ralph, H. Stahl, Gordon West
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 6 | Number 4 | October 1959 | Pages 255-259
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE59-A28840
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This paper describes the transient behavior of TRIGA, a light-water-cooled reactor using fuel-moderator elements composed of uranium and zirconium hydride. The large, prompt negative temperature coefficient—an inherent characteristic of these fuel-moderator elements—limits reactor power transients primarily by means of fuel-element temperature rise rather than by void formation in the core. Step reactivity insertions of up to 1.6% resulted in peak powers of 250 Mw with no detectable boiling of the core water or expulsion of water from the core.