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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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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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First astatine-labeled compound shipped in the U.S.
The Department of Energy’s National Isotope Development Center (NIDC) on March 31 announced the successful long-distance shipment in the United States of a biologically active compound labeled with the medical radioisotope astatine-211 (At-211). Because previous shipments have included only the “bare” isotope, the NIDC has described the development as “unleashing medical innovation.”
Alex Pegarkov, Shawn Somers-Neal, Edgar Matida, Vinh Tang, Tarik Kaya
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 196 | Number 10 | October 2022 | Pages 1161-1171
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2022.2067738
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
During a severe power reactor accident, the plant core can melt. The resulting mixture of molten nuclear fuel and other in-core materials is known as corium. For a Canada Deuterium Uranium (CANDU) reactor, the corium is expected to settle at the bottom of the calandria vessel, but there is a potential for some melt to flow through connecting piping and other penetrations. The flow of corium through these structures can be contained if melt solidification and thus plugging occur. A numerical model was created to simulate the flow of molten metal through an empty vertical pipe. This model was benchmarked to a previous analytical model and validated against experimental results with gallium metal (which is a metal with low melting temperature) as an alternative for corium. The numerical model predicted the penetration length of gallium with an average percent error of 10.3% when compared to the experimental penetration length results of gallium. The model was also updated to predict the corium penetration length in cooling pipes of the CANDU reactor during a severe accident.