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Reactor Physics
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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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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Advanced nuclear company Oklo Inc. has new leadership for its board of directors as billionaire Sam Altman is stepping down from the position he has held since 2015. The move is meant to open new partnership opportunities with OpenAI, where Altman is CEO, and other artificial intelligence companies.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Banyan A
Session Chair:
Cynthia Adkins (INL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Accelerated Fuel Concept Screening via Neutronics and Thermal Hydraulics Modeling
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Jacob P. Gorton (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), Nathan A. Capps (ORNL), Andrew T. Nelson (ORNL)
Paper
Effect of Threshold Parameter for Fuel Fragment Mobility on Fuel Relocation Model in FRAPTRAN
10:20–10:40AM PDT
JangSoo Oh (KAERI), YongSik Yang (KAERI), Ju Yeop Park (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
Historical, Contemporary, and Future Perspectives on Fuel Qualification
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Mitch Mika (Univ. Florida), Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
GIFT-1.0, Advanced Fuel Performance Code for LWR: Development and Multi-Physics Code Coupling Status
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Kyuseok Shim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Youho Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Mechanistic Fuel Performance Modeling of Uranium Nitride
11:20–11:40AM PDT
Jason Rizk (LANL), Michael Cooper (LANL), Pierre-Clement Simon (INL), Anton Schneider (LANL), Anders David Andersson (LANL), Stephen Novascone (INL), Christopher Matthews (LANL)
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