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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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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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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.
Harold M. Busey
Nuclear Technology | Volume 6 | Number 6 | June 1969 | Pages 533-543
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT69-A28282
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Floating entire nuclear power plants on water to minimize stresses and differential deflections resulting from seismic shock may permit their construction offshore, in bays or rivers, and close to populated load centers. The use of open water as an exclusion area, access to cooling water immediately around the station, availability of water transportation, and assurance of safety during earthquakes largely offset the added cost of floating the station and transmitting power to shore. Floating all components on a captive barge decouples a nuclear power plant from seismic disturbance, and no damage will occur within the station during not only an earthquake but any credible environmental condition. Because there is no relative movement of station components, there can be no loss of primary coolant, no fuel melting, no damage to the containment, and consequently, no release of fission products. Several designs have been considered. Only present methods of construction were used in the plans for a preferred design of a 1000-MW(e) station. To develop costs for evaluation, a design site was selected in the shallow water 2750 ft offshore near Los Angeles, where the Bolsa Island nuclear plant was being considered.