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Aerospace Nuclear Science & Technology
Organized to promote the advancement of knowledge in the use of nuclear science and technologies in the aerospace application. Specialized nuclear-based technologies and applications are needed to advance the state-of-the-art in aerospace design, engineering and operations to explore planetary bodies in our solar system and beyond, plus enhance the safety of air travel, especially high speed air travel. Areas of interest will include but are not limited to the creation of nuclear-based power and propulsion systems, multifunctional materials to protect humans and electronic components from atmospheric, space, and nuclear power system radiation, human factor strategies for the safety and reliable operation of nuclear power and propulsion plants by non-specialized personnel and more.
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NWMO chooses vendors for Canadian repository
Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization has selected five companies it is to work with to design and plan the organization’s proposed deep geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel. As the owner of the project, the NWMO will be working with WSP Canada, Peter Kiewit Sons (Kiewit), Hatch Ltd., Thyssen Mining Construction of Canada, and Kinectrics.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Reactor Physics and Analysis
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Palm C
Session Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU)
Session Organizers:
Kazuya Yamaji (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)
Sebastian Schunert (Radiant Industries, Inc.)
Track Organizers:
Alternate Chair:
Thabit Abuqudaira (TAMU)
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KIT Numerical Simulation Tools for the Transient Analysis of Water-Cooled Small Modular Reactors
10:00–10:20AM PDT
V.H. Sanchez-Espinoza (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), U. Imke (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), K. Zhang (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), J. Duran-Gonzalez (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), A. Campos-Muñoz (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), G. Huaccho-Zavala (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology)
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Custom ORIGEN Libraries for Tritium Production in Discrete Burnable Absorbers
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Pavlo Ivanusa (PNNL), Clara Boutros (PNNL)
HTR-PROTEUS Nuclear Data Library Comparison Using MCNP6.3
10:40–11:00AM PDT
John D. Bess (JFoster & Assoc.), Oliver Köberl (Axpo Power AG/Kernenergie)
Bias in 3D Power Distribution from Equilibrium Xenon Effects when Insufficient Neutron Histories per Cycle are used in Monte Carlo Simulation of CANDU6
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Yeseul Seo (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Arief Rahman Hakim (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Douglas A. Fynan (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
Core Design Optimization of the Westinghouse Lead Fast Reactor
11:20–11:40AM PDT
Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL), Kyle Ramey (ANL), Scott Richards (ANL), Fausto Franceschini (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Martin Jonson (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
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