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ANS panel discussion looks at nuclear’s place in maritime, energy, medicine, space
The applications of nuclear energy extend beyond providing power to the electrical grid. Advanced nuclear technologies may soon have new applications in oil and gas facilities, in hospitals and clinics, on the open seas, and on the moon.
A June 1 executive session, “How Nuclear Technologies will Shape the Future Energy Economy,” at the American Nuclear Society’s Annual Conference allowed experts have an open discussion on the future of nuclear advancements in multiple sectors.
Katsuhiro Ohkawa, Richard T. Lahey, Jr.
Nuclear Technology | Volume 67 | Number 3 | December 1984 | Pages 437-451
Technical Paper | Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow | doi.org/10.13182/NT84-A33501
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A gamma-ray scattering densitometer was developed for the nonintrusive measurement of the local void fraction in complex geometries. The densitometer system consisted of a shielded 137Cs photon source, a NaI photon detector, and a collimator system that defined the scattering volume within which the photons were scattered. An analytical model for the scattering events was developed. This model took the form of an integral equation, which expressed the measured counting rate in terms of the geometric configuration, local density, and the nuclear properties of the scattering volume. An interactive-graphics-based numerical procedure for inversion of the integral equation was developed. Results of two-phase flow measurements in a concentric annulus are given.