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Nuclear News 40 Under 40—2025
Last year, we proudly launched the inaugural Nuclear News 40 Under 40 list to shine a spotlight on the exceptional young professionals driving the nuclear sector forward as the nuclear community faces a dramatic generational shift. We weren’t sure how a second list would go over, but once again, our members resoundingly answered the call, confirming what we already knew: The nuclear community is bursting with vision, talent, and extraordinary dedication.
R. T. Lahey, Jr., P. S. Kamath
Nuclear Technology | Volume 49 | Number 1 | June 1980 | Pages 51-60
Technical Paper | Nuclear Power Reactor Safety / Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT80-A32506
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A closed-form analytical model for the long-term cooling of a boiling water reactor (BWR) has been derived. This model, which is based on one-dimensional, drift-flux techniques, has been compared with data from simulated full-scale 49-rod BWR fuel bundles at atmospheric pressure. The analytical model was shown to agree with the experimental data, which indicated that effective cooling was maintained as long as the bundle was submerged by the two-phase mixture. The analysis indicates that core uncovery may occur as the core power level decays.
