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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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Excelsior University student section awarded community education grant
The American Nuclear Society Student Section at Excelsior University in Albany, N.Y., was awarded a $5,000 grant from the ANS Student Section Strategic Fund initiative for its program, Empowering Tomorrow’s Nuclear Innovators: A Collaborative Approach to Nuclear Technology Education and Awareness.
David R. Kingdon, Vladimir A. Khotylev, Archie A. Harms, J. Eduard Hoogenboom
Nuclear Technology | Volume 127 | Number 2 | August 1999 | Pages 186-198
Technical Paper | Reprocessing | doi.org/10.13182/NT99-A2994
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A spent-fuel recycling strategy that could result in only on-site storage of a fraction of the fission products produced during reactor operation to close the nuclear fuel cycle is assessed for thermal reactors, and a conceivable limit of its effectiveness determined. Electrorefining separation of selected fission products from spent fuel combined with complete actinide recycling yields an out-of-core waste stream with a significantly reduced radioactivity, volume, and lifetime compared to the conventional once-through waste management strategy, and thus it provides a possible alternative to long-term geological disposal of present-day and near-term fission reactor wastes.