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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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Proving DRACO will deliver
The United States is now closer than it has been in over five decades to launching the first nuclear thermal rocket into space, thanks to DRACO—the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Orbit.
Tomonori Takizuka, Masanari Hosokawa, Katsuhiro Shimizu
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 1 | January 2001 | Pages 111-118
Topical Review Lectures | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963422
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Particle simulation of open-field plasmas in magnetic confinement systems is required to validate various physics models introduced to fluid simulations. An advanced particle simulation code PARASOL was developed, in which a binary collision model is incorporated to an electrostatic particle-in-cell (PIC) method. The simulation model is described in detail. Boundary conditions at the sheath entrance obtained by PARASOL simulations are shown. Effects of E×B drift, diffusive loss, and radiative cooling are studied. Heat transport along magnetic field is also investigated.