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A webinar, and a new opportunity to take ANS’s CNP Exam
Applications are now open for the fall 2025 testing period for the American Nuclear Society’s Certified Nuclear Professional (CNP) exam. Applications are being accepted through October 14, and only three testing sessions are offered per year, so it is important to apply soon. The test will be administered from November 12 through December 16. To check eligibility and schedule your exam, click here.
In addition, taking place tomorrow (September 19) from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. (CDT), ANS will host a new webinar, “How to Become a Certified Nuclear Professional.” More information is available below in this article.
Woan Hwang, Cheol Nam, Thak Sang Byun, Young Cheol Kim
Nuclear Technology | Volume 123 | Number 2 | August 1998 | Pages 130-141
Technical Paper | Fuel Cycle and Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT98-A2887
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Computational models for analyzing in-reactor behavior of metallic fuel pins in liquid-metal reactors under steady-state conditions are developed and implemented in the Metal fuel performance Analysis (computer) Code for Simulating the In-reactor behavior under Steady-state conditions (MACSIS). Sodium logging and constituent redistribution effects are considered in calculating the temperature profile. The model for the radial redistribution of the fuel constituent is based on the thermotransport theory. The fission gas release model takes multibubble size distribution into account to characterize the lenticular bubble shape and the saturation condition on the grain boundary. Finally, the clad strains are calculated from the amount of fission gas released and interface pressure. Sample calculations are performed to verify each model. The results show that in general, the predictions of MACSIS agree well with the available irradiation data.