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A new, more complex nuclear age has begun. Echoing the tensions of the Cold War amid rapidly evolving nuclear and radiological threats, preparedness in the modern age is a contest of scientific innovation. The Research and Development Directorate (RD) at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is charged with winning this contest.
M. J. Gaeta, G. L. Hawkes, B. J. Merrill, D. A. Petti, H.-W. Bartels, K. Jongeward
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 1545-1549
Safety and Environment | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11963170
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This paper describes the recent modeling enhancements to the CHEMCON code that allow more accurate post-LOCA calculations to be performed for the ITER project. Verification activities performed on select models are also detailed. As part of these activities, a method of approximating multi-dimensional conduction and radiation effects in the one-dimensional CHEMCON code is given.