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New coolants, new fuels: A new generation of university reactors
Here’s an easy way to make aging U.S. power reactors look relatively youthful: Compare them (average age: 43) with the nation’s university research reactors. The 25 operating today have been licensed for an average of about 58 years.
Hsichun M. Hua, Paul S. Lykoudis
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 54 | Number 4 | August 1974 | Pages 445-449
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE74-A23438
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Turbulence intensities in a closed rectangular channel were measured under the influence of a transverse magnetic field in the range of Reynolds numbers between 5.3 × 104 and 2.8 × 105 and Hartmann numbers between 0 and 1500. The intensities were found to be suppressed exponentially by the field in the range M2/Re <0.12. Skin-friction measurements were also obtained during the experiment. The measurements were found to be lower than the theoretical magneto-fluid-mechanic laminar predictions for values of M/Re > 25 × 104. This phenomenon was attributed to magnetic entrance effects.
