ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.
Explore membership for yourself or for your organization.
Conference Spotlight
2026 Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
August 24–27, 2026
Dallas, TX|Hilton Anatole
Latest Magazine Issues
Jun 2026
Jan 2026
2026
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
July 2026
Nuclear Technology
June 2026
Fusion Science and Technology
May 2026
Latest News
MARVEL team shares lessons learned through microreactor development
On June 1 at the American Nuclear Society’s Annual Conference in Denver, Colo., a team from Idaho National Laboratory presented a session titled “Lessons Learned from MARVEL Reactor Fabrication.” The presentation highlighted challenges that arose as they moved from design to manufacturing and assembly, with a focus on reactor part fabrication, Stirling engine implementation, and reactivity control system development.
Samir M. Sami, C. H. Le
Nuclear Technology | Volume 77 | Number 1 | April 1987 | Pages 7-17
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT87-A33947
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A dynamic void quality perturbation model has been developed to improve the capabilities of the NUFREQ code with respect to local void perturbation calculations. The present model calculates the local void perturbation in terms of the local quality perturbation, the dynamic drift flux parameters, and the transient time. In addition, the model evaluates the void reactivity feedback and the boiling channel nuclear reactor feedback. Depending on the flow regime, this model can predict the local void fraction perturbation in horizontal (CANDU reactors) and vertical channels (light water reactors). Numerical results revealed that this model enhanced the capabilities of the NUFREQ code and improved its accuracy in predicting the lower natural frequency as well as the system frequency response at higher frequencies.