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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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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC v. Texas: Supreme Court weighs challenge to NRC authority in spent fuel storage case
The State of Texas has not one but two ongoing federal court challenges to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that could, if successful, turn decades of NRC regulations, precedent, and case law on its head.
S. J. Milioti, A. Sherman, R. L. Ritzman, J. A. Gieseke
Nuclear Technology | Volume 16 | Number 3 | December 1972 | Pages 497-508
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT72-A31218
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A computerized mathematical model has been developed which treats the process of iodine removal from the atmosphere of a multivolume nuclear reactor containment by aqueous sprays under simulated accident conditions. The model is an extension of an earlier work and consists of a set of simultaneous linear first-order differential equations that are solved time incrementally. The rate coefficients are calculated internally and take into account the effects of spray solution chemistry, liquid phase mass transfer resistance, system temperature, spray drop coalescence, spray coverage, spray impingement on internal obstructions, and spray solution recirculation. Results of parameter variation studies with the model reveal that liquid phase mass transfer resistance effects are more important than spray loss mechanisms in controlling iodine removal rates. Comparison of computed predictions with results of experimental spray studies shows close agreement with respect to initial iodine removal rates.