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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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Materials in Nuclear Energy Systems (MiNES 2023)
December 10–14, 2023
New Orleans, LA|New Orleans Marriott
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Saskatchewan government provides C$80 million for eVinci demonstration
Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe yesterday announced C$80 million (about $59 million) for the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) to pursue demonstration of Westinghouse Electric Company’s eVinci microreactor technology.
N. G. Rice, K. C. Chen, D. E. Hoover, A. M. Garcia, A. Nikroo, N. Dorsano
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 70 | Number 2 | August-September 2016 | Pages 137-140
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST15-250
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CH capsules fabricated by glow discharge plasma polymerization have been used as the capsule point design for the National Ignition Facility (NIF). The coating time ranges from 6 to 8 weeks. We have reduced the fabrication time by improving the coating rate. The faster coating rate results in an increased surface roughness in high-spatial-frequency modes >100. We employed the tumble finishing process developed for NIF capsules to improve the high mode roughness. Material properties such as surface finish, density, and relative oxygen uptake rate were examined for the faster-coated plastic. The reduction of glow discharge polymer (GDP) capsule production time without significant deviation from benchmarked capsule properties is discussed.