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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.
Franco Vittorio Frazzoli, Alberto Magrini
Nuclear Technology | Volume 45 | Number 2 | September 1979 | Pages 177-182
Technical Paper | Instrument | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32308
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A neutron gauge for the accurate determination of high mean void fractions in a water-steam mixture has been designed to operate on the transmission of a thermal-neutron beam obtained with a 252Cf neutron source coupled with a polyethylene howitzer. Calibrations, carried out with a Plexiglas-air combination simulating annular flow and core flow, show that the gauge is characterized by high sensitivity and precision with respect to the other radiation techniques. Taking into account the lack of calibration standards and the wide range of water and steam densities generally involved in heat transfer processes, we developed a mathematical model of the gauge response to obtain adequate performances for practical use. The model, which is valid in principle for any flow regime, is specialized here for annular flow, which is of interest for the foreseen application in heat transfer studies on an out-of-pile test facility.