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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.
Meeting Spotlight
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
Standards Program
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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BWXT will scout potential TRISO fuel production sites in Wyoming
BWX Technologies Inc. announced today that its Advanced Technologies subsidiary has signed a cooperation agreement with the state of Wyoming to evaluate locations and requirements for siting a potential new TRISO nuclear fuel fabrication facility in the state.
Robert C. Axtmann
Nuclear Technology | Volume 27 | Number 1 | September 1975 | Pages 78-83
Technical Paper | Education | doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A15939
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Chemical engineers comprise a significant segment within the U.S. nuclear industry, yet few study nuclear subjects before they begin their careers. Nuclear chemical engineering is defined, then, as an arena for action rather than a field of knowledge. Of the classical problem areas in nuclear chemical engineering, fuel fabrication and isotope separation have made the best recent progress. Radiation chemical engineering, once an activity of ebullient promise, is nearly moribund. Only rarely do chemical engineers approach the central locus of reactor design; when they do the results are often ambivalent or worse. Surprisingly, perhaps, chemical engineering has made several important contributions to elementary particle physics. Fusion technology presents many challenges for creative chemical engineering, e.g., in fuel recovery, gaseous permeation, and the materials effects that result from ionic bombardment.