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Thermal Hydraulics
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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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
Standards Program
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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Argonne’s METL gears up to test more sodium fast reactor components
Argonne National Laboratory has successfully swapped out an aging cold trap in the sodium test loop called METL (Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop), the Department of Energy announced April 23. The upgrade is the first of its kind in the United States in more than 30 years, according to the DOE, and will help test components and operations for the sodium-cooled fast reactors being developed now.
Thomas G. Humphrey, Thomas H. Smith, Matthew C. Pope
Nuclear Technology | Volume 58 | Number 2 | August 1982 | Pages 136-349
Environmental Transport Mechanism | Radioactive Waste Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT82-A32925
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Several alternative methods are being considered for the long-term isolation of buried transuranic waste at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. One important factor in selecting an alternative is the potential subsurface migration of radionuclides from the waste. Migration projections based on mathematical modeling have been developed for three alternative isolation methods: leave as is, improve in-place confinement, and retrieve and ship to an off-site repository. The projections suggest that radionuclides will not migrate in significant concentrations. Results of subsurface sampling studies suggest that very limited migration has occurred in the 25 years since the waste was buried.