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Organized to promote the advancement of knowledge in the use of nuclear science and technologies in the aerospace application. Specialized nuclear-based technologies and applications are needed to advance the state-of-the-art in aerospace design, engineering and operations to explore planetary bodies in our solar system and beyond, plus enhance the safety of air travel, especially high speed air travel. Areas of interest will include but are not limited to the creation of nuclear-based power and propulsion systems, multifunctional materials to protect humans and electronic components from atmospheric, space, and nuclear power system radiation, human factor strategies for the safety and reliable operation of nuclear power and propulsion plants by non-specialized personnel and more.
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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.
W. F. Oberbeck, Jr., K. G. Mayhan, D. R. Edwards, J. R. Lopata, J. F. Montle, D. R. Leritz
Nuclear Technology | Volume 28 | Number 2 | February 1976 | Pages 183-193
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT76-A31558
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
An apparatus was designed and constructed to test the performance of coatings under conditions of high-pressure steam and radiation that might exist under a loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA). Results from the “simultaneous” exposure of coatings to high-pressure steam and radiation are compared to results obtained from the conventional “simulated” test procedures. Coating systems were selected that had a history of performing well under simulated LOCA conditions and included zinc-based, epoxy, and phenolic primers with phenolic and modified phenolic topcoats. Coatings were exposed to 60Co radiation doses in the range of 108 to 109 rad. The study showed that the conventional simulated LOCA conditions were more severe on the coatings than those tested under the simultaneous exposure to high-pressure steam and 60Co radiation. It was concluded that coatings that satisfactorily passed the simulated LOCA tests will also pass the simultaneous LOCA tests.
