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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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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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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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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.
C. Y. Yang, R. W. Albrecht
Nuclear Technology | Volume 22 | Number 3 | June 1974 | Pages 323-330
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT74-A31417
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A highly efficient and bias-free inverse kinetics technique has been developed to determine the subcriticality of a nuclear reactor. The new algorithm has been tested through simulation studies against two other algorithms currently being used. It was also extensively tested by analyzing actual rod-drop experimental data taken at the Argonne National Laboratory. Both simulation studies and the real data analyses showed that the new algorithm proposed here is a superior method in estimating the subcriticality of a system from the time-dependent neutron flux transient data.