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Radiation Protection & Shielding
The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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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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Article considers incorporation of AI into nuclear power plant operations
The potential application of artificial intelligence to the operation of nuclear power plants is explored in an article published in late December in the Washington Examiner. The article, written by energy and environment reporter Callie Patteson, presents the views of a number of experts, including Yavuz Arik, a strategic energy consultant.
Ikuo Ioka, Yoshiyuki Inagaki, Kazuhiko Kunitomi, Yoshiaki Miyamoto, Kunihiko Suzuki
Nuclear Technology | Volume 105 | Number 2 | February 1994 | Pages 293-299
Technical Note | Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow | doi.org/10.13182/NT94-A34930
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A coaxial double-tube hot-gas duct with an internal insulation layer is to be used for the High-Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR), a gas-cooled reactor designed by the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute. A full-scale simulation of part of the hot-gas duct was constructed to verify its structural integrity. No hot spot was detected on the inner tube under HTTR operation conditions after 7700 h. Natural convection was negligible in the internal insulation layer. An experimental correlation of the effective thermal conductivity for the internal insulation layer was also obtained.
