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ANS webinar looks at radiation studies and living near nuclear plants
In February, a study published in Nature Communications found a correlation between proximity to nuclear power plants and rates of cancer mortality. While the authors acknowledged that causation could not be established, they nonetheless said that calculations supported evidence of 115,586 “cancer deaths attributable to nuclear power plants proximity.”
On its release, this study garnered significant media attention—sparking worry among the public and immediate pushback from radiation experts. ANS recently hosted a webinar taking a deeper look at what that study (and other similar proximity studies) got wrong, the science behind what we do and do not know, and why these conversations matter.
Technical Session|Computational Thermal Hydraulics
Monday, August 21, 2023|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Columbia 11/12
Session Chair:
Yixiang Liao (HZDR)
Alternate Chair:
Nicolas Merigoux (EdF)
Session Organizer:
Sofiane Benhamadouche
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Impact of Population Balance Model on Subcooled Flow Boiling Simulation
1:30–1:50PM EDT
Daniel Vlček (Czech Technical Univ.), Yohei Sato (Paul Scherrer Institute)
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Building a Boiling-Flow Multiphase CFD Framework for Nuclear Reactor Conditions
1:50–2:10PM EDT
Corentin Reiss (CEA), Antoine Gerschenfeld (CEA), Catherine Colin (IMFT)
Two-Phase Modeling of Wall and Bulk Condensation by Hybrid VOF-Mixture Approach for Containment Applications
2:10–2:30PM EDT
Allen George (Forschungszentrum Jülich), Stephan Kelm (Forschungszentrum Jülich), Xu Cheng (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology)
A 2D Lattice Boltzmann Model for Simulation of Single Bubble Nucleation and Departure in Pool Boiling
2:30–2:50PM EDT
Guanchen Liu (Univ. Luxembourg), Filip Janasz (Univ. Luxembourg), Stephan Leyer (Univ. Luxembourg)
