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The Education, Training & Workforce Development Division provides communication among the academic, industrial, and governmental communities through the exchange of views and information on matters related to education, training and workforce development in nuclear and radiological science, engineering, and technology. Industry leaders, education and training professionals, and interested students work together through Society-sponsored meetings and publications, to enrich their professional development, to educate the general public, and to advance nuclear and radiological science and engineering.
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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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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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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.
Arafah E. Ghoneimy, Richard S. Dougall
Nuclear Technology | Volume 114 | Number 3 | June 1996 | Pages 399-403
Technical Note | Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow | doi.org/10.13182/NT96-A35242
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Transient experiments were performed using two natural convection loops in series. The fluid in both loops was water at a pressure of 1 to 10 atm. Measurements were made of the temperature at key points in both loops over the duration of the tests, which were 4 to 6 h long. By using the assumption that after several hours the loops were operating in a quasi-steady-state condition, estimates could be made concerning the fluid circulation rates and heat transfer rates in various parts of the system. The flow rates were very low and in the laminar flow range. There was essentially no time lag before the start of flow in the second loop. The heat exchanger coupling the two loops was of a design whose performance could not be easily predicted. The measurement of key loop temperature as a function of time provides a simple means of obtaining preliminary predictions in planning extensive experimental test programs for complicated thermal systems.