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Hash Hashemian: Visionary leadership
As Dr. Hashem M. “Hash” Hashemian prepares to step into his term as President of the American Nuclear Society, he is clear that he wants to make the most of this unique moment.
A groundswell in public approval of nuclear is finding a home in growing governmental support that is backed by a tailwind of technological innovation. “Now is a good time to be in nuclear,” Hashemian said, as he explained the criticality of this moment and what he hoped to accomplish as president.
A. Kenigsberg, D. Hasan, E. Elias
Nuclear Technology | Volume 50 | Number 3 | October 1980 | Pages 219-224
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT80-A32525
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A hypothetical accident is analyzed, in which an external (outof-plant) natural or man-made event causes a loss-of-coolant accident after penetrating the containment wall The computer codes CONTEMPT and RELAP4 have been used to study the containment thermal-hydraulic behavior during the accident. The radioactive materials outflow rate is calculated for a wide range of anticipated breach sizes, assuming perfect mixing in the air-steam-water mixture in the containment building. Typically, there is only a low pressure buildup in the initially breached containment. Therefore, the calculated fission product release rate is lower than the predicted rate in case the containment fractures in a later phase of the accident.
