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Candidates for leadership provide statements: ANS Board of Directors
With the annual ANS election right around the corner, American Nuclear Society members will be going to the polls to vote for a vice president/president-elect, treasurer, and members-at-large for the Board of Directors. In January, Nuclear News published statements from candidates for vice president/president-elect and treasurer. This month, we are featuring statements from each nominee for the Board of Directors.
D. W. Stevens
Nuclear Technology | Volume 3 | Number 10 | October 1967 | Pages 626-634
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT67-A27922
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The thermal conductivity of loose, pyrolytic carbon-coated fuel particles in helium was studied at temperatures from 1800 to 2700°F using a convenient comparative technique. The conductivities of coated particles with both 150- and 795-µm overall diameters were shown to rise and then remain constant as the helium pressure was increased to 4 atm. Measurements using particles with various coating thicknesses and structures indicated that bed conductivity was relatively insensitive to the properties of the coating.
