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Thermal Hydraulics
The division provides a forum for focused technical dialogue on thermal hydraulic technology in the nuclear industry. Specifically, this will include heat transfer and fluid mechanics involved in the utilization of nuclear energy. It is intended to attract the highest quality of theoretical and experimental work to ANS, including research on basic phenomena and application to nuclear system design.
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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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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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College students help develop waste-measuring device at Hanford
A partnership between Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) and Washington State University has resulted in the development of a device to measure radioactive and chemical tank waste at the Hanford Site. WRPS is the contractor at Hanford for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management.
Ashok Kumar, Sukhpal Singh, Gurmel S. Mudahar, Kulwant Singh Thind
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 155 | Number 1 | January 2007 | Pages 102-108
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE07-A2648
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The effective atomic numbers and the electron densities of some commonly used solvents, i.e., ethanol, methanol, propanol, butanol, water, toluene, benzene, carbontetrachloride, acetonitrile, chlorobenzene, diethylether, and dioxane at the energies 279, 356, 662, 1173, and 1332 keV were calculated by using the measured mass attenuation coefficients in a well-collimated narrow beam transmission geometry. These values are found to be in good agreement with the theoretical values calculated based on XCOM data.