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Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Proving DRACO will deliver
The United States is now closer than it has been in over five decades to launching the first nuclear thermal rocket into space, thanks to DRACO—the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Orbit.
Thomas W. Eichenberga, Andrew C. Klein
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 1680-1685
Material and Tritium | Proceedings of the Ninth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Oak Brook, Illinois, October 7-11, 1990) | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29583
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Strict control over tritium production and inventory must be obtained by any electrical utility operating a magnetic confinement fusion reactor plant if they do not want to be in the business of tritium production beyond the requirements for their own plants. A computer model has been developed to analyze the tritium inventory in a multiple compartment tritium handling system. Analysis has been conducted to explore a variety of reactor system operational parameters and modes including the effects of varying the TBR to achieve a constant storage inventory, the effects of actual operational cycles including an annual down time for blanket replacement, and the effects of failures of various components within the tritium processing stream.
