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Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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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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State lawmakers across the country push for more nuclear
From lifting moratoriums to launching studies to labeling it as clean, state lawmakers are exploring ways to give nuclear energy a boost in 2025. Here’s a look at some of the pronuclear legislation under review.
Garland Porter, Marilyn Delgado, Yassin Hassan (Texas A&M)
Proceedings | Advances in Thermal Hydraulics 2018 | Orlando, FL, November 11-15, 2018 | Pages 919-925
Pressure Sensitive Paint (PSP) was investigated as a potential measurement technique for studying advanced heat exchanger designs. An experiment was setup to emulate a single rod in a helical coil steam generator (HCSG) being subjected to flow. Background, wind-off, and wind-on images were taken with a CCD camera while the PSP was under excitation light from a UV lamp. Instantaneous images were taken at 7 fps at Re 30,000. Analysis of the pressure field images found the average wind-off pressure to be 102.49 kPa and the average wind-on pressure to be 103.24 kPa. Such small changes in pressure can be verified with dynamic pressure transducer measurements also taken at the surface of the rod. The present study only discusses the results from the instantaneous pressure sensitive paint images captured from the experiment. Future work looks to make use of the sensitivity of pressure field measurements the PSP is capable of within a larger scale helical coil steam generator model.