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Division Spotlight
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.
Meeting Spotlight
2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
Standards Program
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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Don’t get boxed in: Entergy CNO Kimberly Cook-Nelson shares her journey
Kimberly Cook-Nelson
For Kimberly Cook-Nelson, the path to the nuclear industry started with a couple of refrigerator boxes and cellophane paper. Her sixth-grade science project was inspired by her father, who worked at Seabrook power station in New Hampshire as a nuclear operator.
“I had two big refrigerator boxes I taped together. I cut the ‘primary operating system’ and the ‘secondary system’ out of them. Then I used different colored cellophane paper to show the pressurized water system versus the steam versus the cold cooling water,” Cook-Nelson said. “My dad got me those little replica pellets that I could pass out to people as they were going by at my science fair.”
Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2022)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Redondo
Session Chair:
Minghui Chen
Alternate Chair:
Qiuping Lv
Session Organizer:
W. David Pointer
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Modeling of a Nitrate Salt Natural Circulation Loop
Sheng Zhang (Univ. Michigan), Xiaodong Sun (Univ. Michigan)
Paper
Numerical Methodology for Design and Evaluation of Natural Circulation Systems for MSR Applications
J.S. Narváez Arrúa (Politecnico di Milano), A. Cammi (Politecnico di Milano), S. Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano), P.R. Rubiolo (Univ. Grenoble Alpes)
Determination of Aspect Ratio Influence on Flow and Heat Transfer Behavior in Twisted Elliptical Tubes for Molten Salt Applications
S. Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Dillon R. Shaver (ANL)
Numerical Investigation of Cartridge Heater Performance Applied to the FASTR Main Heater for Molten Chloride Salts
Nolan Goth (ORNL), Thien Nguyen (ORNL), Kevin Robb (ORNL), Ethan Kappes (ORNL)
Investigating Thermal Hydraulics Performance of a New Test Section Designed for the LSTL FLiNaK Using CFD
Ethan Kappes (ORNL), Thien Duy Nguyen (ORNL), Kevin Robb (ORNL)
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