ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.
Explore membership for yourself or for your organization.
Conference Spotlight
2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
Latest Magazine Issues
Jun 2026
Jan 2026
2026
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
July 2026
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
May 2026
Latest News
Breaking ground on a new approach to construction
The drive to Kairos Power’s reactor demonstration site in Oak Ridge, Tenn., is not only scenic—it’s historic. Nearly 85 years ago, roughly 30,000 construction workers transformed orchards and farmland into a key Manhattan Project site. Depending on your route, you may pass by one of the three gatehouses that were once military checkpoints controlling access to Atomic Energy Commission production facilities.
G. H. Yeoh, J. Y. Tu
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 140 | Number 2 | February 2002 | Pages 181-188
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE02-A2254
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
This paper demonstrates that the empirical models developed for subcooled flow boiling in RELAP5/MOD2 at high pressures are not valid for applications at low pressures. Modifications carried out in RELAP5/MOD2 to include better correlations of the interphase heat transfer and mean bubble diameter, and the wall heat flux partition model are shown to yield substantial improvements in the predictions of the axial void fraction distribution. When compared against experimental data covering a wide range of heat fluxes and flow rates, predicted axial void fraction profiles follow closely the measured data. Predictions made by the default subcooled boiling model show, however, an unacceptable margin of error with the experimental data.