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Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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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.
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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