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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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Framatome signs contracts with Sizewell C
French nuclear developer Framatome is slated to deliver key equipment for Sizewell C Ltd.’s two large reactors planned for the United Kingdom’s Suffolk coast.
The agreement, reportedly worth multiple billions of euros, was announced this week and will involve Framatome from the design phase until commissioning. The company also agreed to a long-term fuel supply deal. Framatome is 80.5 percent owned by France’s EDF and 19.5 percent owned by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Ernest V. Moore, S. F. Deng, K. K. Chitkara, B. B. Chu
Nuclear Technology | Volume 70 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 53-63
Technical Paper | Third International Retran Meeting / Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow | doi.org/10.13182/NT85-A33663
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
System success criteria used in probabilistic risk assessments (PRAs) have typically been based on conservative licensing success criteria. The availability of best-estimate thermal-hydraulic computer codes such as RETRAN provides a means to review and determine if more realistic system success criteria can be justified. How RETRAN can be used to establish realistic system success criteria is demonstrated, and how realistic versus conservative system success criteria can significantly improve a PRA’s evaluation of plant risk is illustrated.
