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Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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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
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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.
19th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2025)
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Wednesday, June 18, 2025|10:00–11:45AM CDT|Northwestern/Ohio State
Session Chair:
Kevin R. O'Kula
Alternate Chair:
Egemen M. Aras
Session Organizer:
David Grabaskas
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Consequence Uncertainty for Non-Light Water Reactor Probabilistic Risk Assessment
10:00–10:20AM CDT
Garill A. Coles (PNNL), Steve Short (PNNL), Matthew Humberstone (Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Hanh Phan (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
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Dose-Based Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling for Consequence-Driven Risk-Informed Urban Advanced Reactor Siting
10:20–10:40AM CDT
Jarred Jordan (Georgia Institute of Technology), Martin Graffigna (Georgia Institute of Technology), Shaheen Dewji (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Integrated Simulation-Based Radiological Assessment of Depressurization Event Scenarios in High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactors
10:40–11:00AM CDT
Nolan D. Ritchie (NCSU), Yahya A. Alzahrani (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU), Jackson Hase (NCSU)
Sensitivity Analyses on the Phenomenological Parameters in the Aerosol Dynamics Models in I-COSTA Applied to International Standard Problem No 44
11:00–11:20AM CDT
Yoonhee Lee (Jeonbuk Nat'l Univ.), Miran Park (Jeonbuk Nat'l Univ.)
Analysis of Radiological Release From Fueled Irradiation Experiments During Manual Handling
11:20–11:40AM CDT
Daniel K. Sluder (Idaho National Laboratory - Advanced Test Reactor), Igor A. Sarygin (INL), Jacob L. Westacott (INL), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
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