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Hash Hashemian: Visionary leadership
As Dr. Hashem M. “Hash” Hashemian prepares to step into his term as President of the American Nuclear Society, he is clear that he wants to make the most of this unique moment.
A groundswell in public approval of nuclear is finding a home in growing governmental support that is backed by a tailwind of technological innovation. “Now is a good time to be in nuclear,” Hashemian said, as he explained the criticality of this moment and what he hoped to accomplish as president.
Samir M. Sami, C. Tran
Nuclear Technology | Volume 79 | Number 3 | December 1987 | Pages 260-273
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT87-A34016
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The development of an improved model to determine the dynamic response of the primary heat transport pump during severe transients in a Canada deuterium uranium reactor is presented. A lumped parameter model is proposed. A control volume formulation is employed for centrifugal pumps. The mathematical formulation of this model is based on mass, momentum, and energy balances as well as on Euler’s Theory of Turbomachines. Several constitutive relationships are adopted in the model to describe three-dimensional effects. In addition, the proposed model includes the consequent effect of different flow regimes and the slip between the two phases. Numerical results indicated that the proposed model favorably predicted the pump response and compared well with other pump-related models (Aerojet Nuclear Company) in the literature as well as in the experimental data.