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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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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 THD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Jasmine E
Session Chair:
Shanbin Shi (RPI)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Ferry Roelofs (NRG)
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Integration of a Clad Damage Propagation Model into PRONGHORN-SC for Fast Reactors
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Aydin Karahan (ANL)
Paper
Investigation of Core Inlet Flow Distribution for the Westinghouse Lead Fast Reactor
1:20–1:40PM PDT
E. Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), T. Loebig (Westinghouse Electric Co.), C. Stansbury (Westinghouse Electric Co.), P. Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Simulating Radionuclide Retention Experiment in Liquid Sodium Pools Using MELCOR Code
1:40–2:00PM PDT
Gabriel Dengler-Jeanblanc (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), WooHyun Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Benjamin Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Towards a 3D Multi-Physics Model of MSRE
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Ferry Roelofs (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), Victor Habiyaremye (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), Akshat Mathur (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), Heleen Uitslag-Doolaard (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group)
Neutronics and Thermal Hydraulics Analysis of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor
2:20–2:40PM PDT
Casey Emler (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Saya Lee (Penn State), William Walters (Penn State)
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