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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.
P. M. Haas, C. A. Erdman, P. L. Garner, A. B. Reynolds
Nuclear Technology | Volume 26 | Number 2 | June 1975 | Pages 146-164
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24414
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Models were developed for the analysis of noncoherent mixing of fuel and sodium, reduction in two-phase heat transfer between fuel and sodium, and heat loss from sodium to cladding during a fuel-coolant interaction in a liquid-metal fast breeder reactor (LMFBR). The analysis is based on the supposition that fragmentation of molten fuel followed by its relatively rapid intimate mixing with sodium can occur in an LMFBR accident, a supposition still under widespread investigation. Calculations were made for whole-core accidents to evaluate the extent to which reductions in mechanical work might be expected from these phenomena. Although reductions in work were indicated for each phenomenon and reductions were more significant when the several phenomena were considered simultaneously, large order-of-magnitude reductions were not indicated.