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The division's objectives are to promote the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical phenomena characterizing nuclear reactors and other nuclear systems. The division encourages research and disseminates information through meetings and publications. Areas of technical interest include nuclear data, particle interactions and transport, reactor and nuclear systems analysis, methods, design, validation and operating experience and standards. The Wigner Award heads the awards program.
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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Nagra publishes license applications for Swiss geologic repository
Nagra, Switzerland’s national cooperative for the disposal of radioactive waste, has published its general license applications for a deep geologic repository and separate spent fuel encapsulation plant, making the documents publicly available on a digital platform.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Thermal Hydraulics Analysis and Testing
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Palm H
Session Chair:
Ketan Ajay (Purdue Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Alex Grannan (ANL)
Session Organizers:
Hiroyuki Yoshida (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Mauricio E. Tano (INL)
Caleb S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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Preliminary Analysis on Thermal-Hydraulic Behavior of PBR Cores Using DEM-CFD Coupled Method
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Joong Young Seo (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Young Beom Jo (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Sung Joon Kwon (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Eung Soo Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Paper
Preliminary Multi-GPU Simulation on IVR-ERVC by Coupling Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics and System Code
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Yelyn Ahn (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Tae Soo Choi (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), So-Hyun Park (KAERI), Eung Soo Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Safety Analysis and Design Specifications of MIT's Sodium Graphite Micro-Reactor
10:40–11:00AM PDT
N. Kallieros (ETHZ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), G. Park (MIT), J. Buongiorno (MIT), K. Shirvan (MIT)
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Comparative Study of Critical Heat Flux Prediction Using Deep Learning Models (Convolutional Neural Networks versus Deep Neural Networks)
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Messaoud Djeddou (Mohamed Khider Univ.), Ibrahim A. Hammed (Norwegian Univ. Science and Technology), Xingang Zhao (ORNL), Jehad Al Dallal (Gulf Univ. Science and Technology)
Inverse Problem Approach for Estimating Operating Conditions and Uncertainty Quantification in Actual Forced Convection System
11:20–11:40AM PDT
Haeseong Kim (MIT), Sacit Cetiner (INL), Matteo Bucci (MIT)
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