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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.
Klaus L. Nissen
Nuclear Technology | Volume 95 | Number 2 | August 1991 | Pages 175-192
Technical Paper | Nuclear Fuel Cycle | doi.org/10.13182/NT91-A34555
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Fuel rod computer models are utilized to predict cladding tube integrity under normal operating or transient accident conditions in a nuclear fission reactor. The METHOD2D computer code, which includes a fuel rod mechanics model based on an axisymmetric finite element formulation, is developed and verified. This two-dimensional approach gives results for the axial and radial deformation of the fuel pellets and the cladding tube for the whole fuel rod. Because an algorithm for fuel pellet/cladding tube radial contact and axial friction is incorporated, the analysis of closed fuel/cladding gap situations is possible. Calculation results for a whole fuel rod are compared with a transient CABRI experiment that led to partial fuel melting but not to cladding failure.
