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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.
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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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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.
Jae-Jun Jeong, Isabelle Dor, Dominique Bestion
Nuclear Technology | Volume 117 | Number 3 | March 1997 | Pages 267-280
Technical Paper | Nuclear Reactor Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT97-A35341
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The CATHARE 2 three-dimensional module is assessed in comparison with the Upper Plenum Test Facility downcomer test 7, which was performed to obtain full-scale data on downcomer and lower plenum refill behavior during the refill phase of a loss-of-coolant accident. New discretizations for the equation of motion, named Mods. D and R, are suggested and implemented in the three-dimensional module. Mod. A is also investigated, which defines a new junction void fraction used to calculate interfacial friction. Using the standard and the modified three-dimensional modules, the four experiments, test 7 runs 200 through 203, are simulated with the downcomer nodalized as an 8 × 1 × 8 mesh. Sensitivity calculations associated with interfacial friction, condensation, and nodalization are also performed. The calculation results show that the discretization of the momentum convection is very important in strongly heterogeneous flow conditions. Mod. D + A gives the best results so far, and Mod. R + A yields the smallest scatter in the predicted water deliveries to the lower plenum. The results of the sensitivity calculations show that the interfacial friction coefficient of CATHARE 2 is somewhat overestimated and the 8 × 1 × 8 mesh downcomer is fine enough for test 7.