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Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
Standards Program
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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EnergySolutions to help explore advanced reactor development in Utah
Utah-based waste management company EnergySolutions announced that it has signed a memorandum of understating with the Intermountain Power Agency and the state of Utah to explore the development of advanced nuclear power generation at the Intermountain Power Project (IPP) site near Delta, Utah.
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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