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Nominations open for CNTA awards
Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness is accepting nominations for its Fred C. Davison Distinguished Scientist Award and its Nuclear Service Award. Nominations for both awards must be submitted by August 1.
The awards will be presented this fall as part of the CNTA’s annual Edward Teller Lecture event.
Yoshitaka Ueki, Yuya Noguchi, Juro Yagi, Teruya Tanaka, Takehiko Yokomine, Masaru Hirabayashi, Kuniaki Ara, Tomoaki Kunugi, Akio Sagara
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 72 | Number 3 | October 2017 | Pages 530-536
Technical Note | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2017.1330636
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The lead-lithium eutectic alloy (PbLi) is a promising coolant for nuclear fusion reactors. Although PbLi flow and heat transfer in a nuclear fusion reactor condition needs to be comprehended, no velocity profile measurement techniques have been developed yet. Since PbLi is a high-temperature liquid metal, ultrasonic Doppler velocimetry (UDV) is a promising method. In the present study, we investigated a UDV measurement in a high-purity PbLi forced convection loop environment. In summary, naturally contained oxide particles as flow tracers could differ by PbLi purity, and this difference could influence UDV measurability.