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Thermal Hydraulics
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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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Hinkley Point C gets over $6 billion in financing from Apollo
U.S.-based private capital group Apollo Global has committed £4.5 billion ($6.13 billion) in financing to EDF Energy, primarily to support the U.K.’s Hinkley Point C station. The move addresses funding needs left unmet since China General Nuclear Power Corporation—which originally planned to pay for one-third of the project—exited in 2023 amid U.K. government efforts to reduce Chinese involvement.
Ashok Kumar, N. K. Saxena, L. S. Kothari
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 63 | Number 1 | May 1977 | Pages 24-30
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE77-A27000
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Propagation of neutron waves across a temperature discontinuity in an infinite graphite assembly is investigated using a two-group approach. The first slab is assumed to be of finite width and the second is taken to be infinite. It is seen that the presence of the second medium is felt in the first medium at a larger distance from the interface for waves of smaller frequencies. In the second medium, equilibrium is established at a distance that depends on the frequency of the wave. It increases with the approach of critical frequency, becomes very large for frequencies greater than the critical frequency, and decreases with further increase in the frequency.