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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.
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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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G7 pledges support for nuclear at Italy meeting
The Group of Seven (G7) recommitted its support for nuclear energy in the countries that opt to use it at a Ministerial Meeting on Climate in Italy last month.
In a statement following the April meeting, the group committed to support multilateral efforts to strengthen the resilience of nuclear supply chains, referencing the goal set by 25 countries during last year’s COP28 climate conference in Dubai to triple global nuclear generating capacity by 2050.
J. C. Young, G. D. Trimble, Y. D. Naliboff, D. H. Houston, J. R. Beyster
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 18 | Number 3 | March 1964 | Pages 376-399
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE64-A20058
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Neutron-spectrum measurements in several moderators have been made with geometrical conditions approximating an infinite medium. The moderators studied were water, polyethylene and benzene, and the absorbers dispersed in the moderators were boron, samarium, erbium and gadolinium. The measurements are compared with predictions of the neutron spectra utilizing scattering models which take into consideration chemical binding. Measurements of scalar and angular neutron-energy spectra were made in a slab geometry water-moderated multiplying assembly at room temperature. The measured spectra are compared with DSN transport-theory calculations utilizing the Nelkin bound-hydrogen scattering model for water.
