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Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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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.
U. S. Rohatgi, Pradip Saha, V. K. Chexal
Nuclear Technology | Volume 76 | Number 1 | January 1987 | Pages 11-26
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT87-A33893
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Various phenomena governing the course of large-and small-break loss-of-coolant accidents in light water reactors and affecting the key parameters such as peak cladding temperature, and timing of the end of blowdown, beginning of reflood, and complete quench have been identified. The models and the correlations for these phenomena in the current literature, in advance codes, and as prescribed in the current emergency core cooling system methodology as outlined in Appendix K of CFR50 have been reviewed. It was found that the models and correlations in the present best-estimate codes such as TRAC or RELAP5 could be made more realistic by incorporating some of these models from the literature. However, an assessment program will be needed for the final selection of the models for the codes.