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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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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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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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TerraPower begins U.K. regulatory approval process
Seattle-based TerraPower signaled its interest this week in building its Natrium small modular reactor in the United Kingdom, the company announced.
TerraPower sent a letter to the U.K.’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, formally establishing its intention to enter the U.K. generic design assessment (GDA) process. This is TerraPower’s first step in deployment of its Natrium technology—a 345-MW sodium fast reactor coupled with a molten salt energy storage unit—on the international stage.
M. W. Mahoney, N. E. Paton
Nuclear Technology | Volume 23 | Number 1 | July 1974 | Pages 53-62
Technical Paper | Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT74-A31433
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The effects of carbide precipitation and carbon content on crack propagation rates in Type 316 stainless steel were determined for the temperature range of -196 to 649°C. It was shown that neither carbon content nor carbide precipitation had any recordable effect on crack propagation rates for the range of parameters investigated. Fatigue life, however, has been shown by other investigators to be a function of both carbon content and carbide distribution. These results provide evidence for a hypothesis that crack initiation is sensitive to carbon content and morphology in Type 316 stainless steel, whereas crack propagation rate is not. A good correlation was obtained between macroscopic crack growth rate and striation spacing measurements.
