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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|Special Topics
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|9:00–10:20AM EDT|Dupont
Session Chair:
Kevin Zwijsen (NRG)
Alternate Chair:
Shuichiro Miwa
Session Organizer:
Caleb S. Brooks
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The European GO-VIKING Project on Flow-Induced Vibrations
9:00–9:20AM EDT
A. Papukchiev (GRS), K. Zwijsen (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), D. Vivaldi (IRSN), H. Hadzic (Framatome), S. Benhamadouche (EDF R&D), W. Benguigui (EDF R&D), P. Planquart (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics)
Paper
Wall-Resolved LES and URANS Simulations of an Axial Flow on a Cantilevered Rod at a Moderate Reynolds Number
9:20–9:40AM EDT
Thomas Norddine (EDF R&D), Sofiane Benhamadouche (EDF R&D)
Experiments on Axial-Flow-Induced Vibration of a Free-Clamped Rod for Light Water Nuclear Reactor Applications
9:40–10:00AM EDT
Hao Li (Univ. Manchester), Shanying Zhang (Univ. Manchester), Mostafa R.A. Nabawy (Univ. Manchester), Hector Iacovides (Univ. Manchester), Andrea Cioncolini (Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology)
Numerical Simulation of Flow-Induced Vibration of Nuclear Fuel Assemblies
10:00–10:20AM EDT
H. Hadzic (Framatome), M. Ren (Framatome), B. Dressel (Framatome), D. Tumbajoy Spinel (Framatome), M. Quenehen (Framatome), B. Painter (Framatome), H. Marr (Framatome), K. Duggan (Framatome)
