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Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
Meeting Spotlight
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
Standards Program
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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Oklo completes end-to-end demonstration of advanced fuel recycling
Oklo Inc. has announced that it has completed the first end-to-end demonstration of its advanced fuel recycling process as part of an ongoing $5 million project in collaboration with Argonne and Idaho National Laboratories. Oklo’s goal: scaling up its fuel recycling capabilities to deploy a commercial-scale recycling facility that would increase advanced reactor fuel supplies and enhance fuel cost effectiveness for its planned sodium fast reactors.
T. Morita, C. A. Olson, Y. X. Sung, J. F. Connelley, Jr., E. H. Novendstern, S. Kapil, P. W. Rosenthal
Nuclear Technology | Volume 112 | Number 3 | December 1995 | Pages 401-411
Technical Paper | Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow | doi.org/10.13182/NT95-A35166
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The AP600 reactor core approaches buoyancy-dominated flow at the departure from nucleate boiling (DNB)-limiting period of a postulated steam-line-break accident. The reactor core has a highly skewed power distribution at this time due to the conservative assumption of a withdrawn rod cluster control assembly (stuck rod). Under such conditions, strong buoyancy-induced core cross flow occurs, and coupled nuclear and thermal-hydraulic interactions become important. To analyze the transient, Westinghouse Electric Corporation has coupled THINC-IV with a neutronic code (ANC). Applicability of the THINC-IV subchannel code to the low-flow conditions with a steep radial power gradient is verified with existing rod bundle test results. The code predictions are in excellent agreement with the test data. The coupled codes provide a realistic three-dimensional simulation of core power by considering core flow distributions and the resultant enthalpy distributions in neutronic feedback. The safety analysis using the coupled code demonstrates that the DNB design basis is met during the postulated steam-line-break accident.