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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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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
Yutuo Wang, Yintao Li, Zhengquan Zhang, Mengqing Xiao, Changwen Chen, Yuanlin Zhou, Shanqiang Wang
Nuclear Technology | Volume 210 | Number 3 | March 2024 | Pages 501-510
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2023.2232646
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Nuclear facilities generate large amounts of contaminated stainless steel metallic material during maintenance and decommissioning. As a new radioactive decontamination method, the self-brittle decontamination method has the advantages of fewer secondary contaminants and can be operated remotely mechanically. The addition of a certain amount of corrosive components to the self-brittlement composite decontaminant can achieve the dual function of self-brittlement and corrosion decontamination. The performance of the decontaminant was investigated by single-factor experiments using electrochemical tests, morphological observations, and weight loss tests. The results show that the decontaminant has good self-embrittlement. When the concentration of HCl is 2.50 mol/L, HNO3 is 3.50 mol/L, NaCl is 0.10 mol/L, and FeCl3 is 0.15 mol/L, the decontaminant is formulated to have the best corrosion and decontamination effect on stainless steel. The detergent will produce a uniform corrosion layer on the surface of stainless steel, and the average corrosion depth can reach 8.3268 μm.