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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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ANS designates Armour Research Foundation Reactor as Nuclear Historic Landmark
The American Nuclear Society presented the Illinois Institute of Technology with a plaque last week to officially designate the Armour Research Foundation Reactor a Nuclear Historic Landmark, following the Society’s decision to confer the status onto the reactor in September 2024.
Yasushi Takeda
Nuclear Technology | Volume 79 | Number 1 | October 1987 | Pages 120-124
Technical Note | Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow | doi.org/10.13182/NT87-A16010
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The ultrasound velocity profile monitor has been developed. It utilizes the pulsed echo techniques of ultrasound, and it can measure the velocity profile quasi-instantaneously. Its applicability to flow in mercury was investigated, and measurements for bifurcating flow in a T tube were made. Profiles were obtained for different configurations of measuring lines and flow directions, and lengths of flow fields were evaluated and compared with the pipe lengths. Results showed good agreement, implying that the method can measure the velocity profile in liquid-metal flows successfully.
