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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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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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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TerraPower begins U.K. regulatory approval process
Seattle-based TerraPower signaled its interest this week in building its Natrium small modular reactor in the United Kingdom, the company announced.
TerraPower sent a letter to the U.K.’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, formally establishing its intention to enter the U.K. generic design assessment (GDA) process. This is TerraPower’s first step in deployment of its Natrium technology—a 345-MW sodium fast reactor coupled with a molten salt energy storage unit—on the international stage.
W. R. Mills, Jr., L. S. Allen, F. Selig, R. L. Caldwell
Nuclear Technology | Volume 1 | Number 4 | August 1965 | Pages 312-321
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NT65-A20528
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The die-away of thermal neutrons and capture gamma rays from a pulsed source has been measured in a heterogeneous rock-fluid system for a variety of physical conditions. The system was a cubical lattice about one meter on a side, consisting of vertical calcium carbonate rods and empty channels. The channels were filled with either calcium carbonate rods or fluid, thus giving a variable volume ratio of rock and fluid. Measurements with a 3He counter and NaI detector were carried out in a 7-in. (18-cm) diameter hole through the middle of the cube. Experimentally measured neutron lifetimes were compared to values calculated from a three-group time- and space-dependent computer code. A theoretical gamma-ray decay curve was calculated from a spatial integration over the computed neutron distribution. Unattenuated and singly scattered radiation were included.