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OECD NEA meeting focuses on irradiation experiments
Members of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency’s Second Framework for Irradiation Experiments (FIDES-II) joint undertaking gathered from September 29 to October 3 in Ketchum, Idaho, for the technical advisory group and governing board meetings hosted by Idaho National Laboratory. The FIDES-II Framework aims to ensure and foster competences in experimental nuclear fuel and structural materials in-reactor experiments through a diverse set of Joint Experimental Programs (JEEPs).
Lance J. Agee
Nuclear Technology | Volume 83 | Number 3 | December 1988 | Pages 241-251
Overview | Fifth International Retran Meeting / Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow | doi.org/10.13182/NT88-A34139
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The major RETRAN-related activities that have occurred over the past 2 yr are reviewed. These activities fall into two broad areas: the use of RETRAN-02 by the nuclear industry and the development, verification, and validation of RETRAN-03. Both of these subjects are discussed and the new and different applications of RETRAN briefly indicated.