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Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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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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MURR expansion set back by Mo. state legislature
Spirits were high last month when a ribbon cutting was held at the University of Missouri for a $20 million, three-story, 47,000-square-foot addition, dubbed MURR West, to the MURR research reactor facilities.
Fahir Borak
Nuclear Technology | Volume 13 | Number 1 | January 1972 | Pages 20-28
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT72-A31063
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Using one-group diffusion theory, linear extrapolation distances for centrally and eccentrically located black control rods in cylindrical geometries have been determined by the pulsed neutron method. It is found that for a given radius control rod, the extrapolation distance increases with increasing moderator radius. Linear extrapolation distance is also found to increase with eccentrical location of control rods. In general, the values of the extrapolation distances determined for central rods in diffusion theory, in the range of moderator radii studied, are higher in value by 10 to 100% than the classical values based on the theoretical calculations of Davison and Zaretsky. The values of the linear extrapolation distances for eccentric control rods, in the range of the moderator radii studied, are also higher than the central control rod extrapolation distances up to a factor of 6, the increase depending on the location of the control rods.
