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Division Spotlight
Thermal Hydraulics
The division provides a forum for focused technical dialogue on thermal hydraulic technology in the nuclear industry. Specifically, this will include heat transfer and fluid mechanics involved in the utilization of nuclear energy. It is intended to attract the highest quality of theoretical and experimental work to ANS, including research on basic phenomena and application to nuclear system design.
Meeting Spotlight
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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Sam Altman steps down as Oklo board chair
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
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Jasmine C
Session Chair:
Caleb Massey (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Low-Pressure and Fluidized-Bed Chemical Vapor Deposition of PyC and ZrC for Space Nuclear Propulsion
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Eddie Lopez-Honorato (ORNL), Tyler J. Gerczak (ORNL), Ryan Heldt (ORNL), Grant W. Helmreich (ORNL), Katherine Montoya (ORNL), Peter Doyle (ORNL), William F. Cureton (ORNL), John D. Hunn (ORNL)
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Progress Toward In Situ Tempered, Additively Manufactured Ferritic-Martensitic Steels
1:20–1:40PM PDT
C.R. Lear (LANL), T.J. Lienert (Optomec), S.A. Maloy (PNNL)
Counterfeit Prevention Using Thermal Imaging for Binder-Jet Printed Parts
1:40–2:00PM PDT
James Oti (Univ. Pittsburgh), Ryan Wassel (Univ. Pittsburgh), Jung-Kun Lee (Univ. Pittsburgh), Nikhil Bajaj (Univ. Pittsburgh)
Development of a Hastelloy N-Based ODS Alloy Through Laser Powder-Bed Fusion (LPBF) Additive Manufacturing (AM)
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Ertugrul Demir (NCSU), Fedi Fehri (NCSU), Matt DeJong (NCSU), Sourabh Saptarshi (NCSU), Tim Horn (NCSU), Djamel Kaoumi (NCSU)
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