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Division Spotlight
Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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 OPD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|State
Session Chair:
William N. Mann
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Ben Holtzman
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Base-Load Nuclear Reactors with High-Temperature Gigawatt-Hour Firebrick Heat Storage for Dispatchable Electricity and Industrial Heat
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Charles W. Forsberg (MIT), Eugene Shwageraus (Cambridge University)
Paper
Pinch Point Analysis for Integrating Concrete based TES with Small Modular Reactors
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Takhyun Chun (KAIST), Gyudong Kim (KAIST), Jeong Ik Lee (KAIST)
Electricity Price Model Risk and the Estimated Profitability of Thermal Energy Storage for a Nuclear Power Plant
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Heddy Barale (MIT), John Parsons (MIT)
An Uncertainty Quantification Approach to Safer Integrated Energy Systems
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Yuwei Zong (University of Texas at Dallas), Sobhan Badakhshan (University of Texas at Dallas), Jie Zhang (University of Texas at Dallas), Yanwen Xu (University of Texas at Dallas)
Loss of Intermediate Fluid Transient Analysis Methodology for a Pressurized Water Reactor in an Integrated Energy System
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Isabelle Lindsay (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Emily V. Meilus (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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