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Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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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Two updated standards on criticality safety published
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) recently approved two new American Nuclear Society standards covering different aspects of nuclear criticality safety (NCS).
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|8:00–9:45AM PDT|Malibu
Session Chair:
Simon Pimblott (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Troy Munro
Session Organizer:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
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Mobility of Hydrogen in YH2-x Moderator Materials
Scarlett Widgeon Paisner (LANL), Aditya P. Shivprasad (LANL), Todd M. Alam (Sandia), Erik P. Luther (LANL), Thomas J. Nizolek (LANL), Erofili Kardoulaki (LANL), Matthew A. Griffin (LANL)
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Used Fuel Modeling: An Integral Approach Using PEGASUS Code
Wenfeng Liu (Structural Integrity Assoc.), Joe Rashid (Structural Integrity Assoc.), Bill Lyon (Structural Integrity Assoc.), Michael Kennard (Structural Integrity Assoc.)
Demonstration Pressurized Water Reactor Control Rod Withdrawal Analysis Using BISON and RELAP5-3D for High Burnup Fuel
Isabelle Lindsay (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Quang Phung (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Seokbin Seo (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Fabrication of CeN (UN Fuel Surrogate) Using Pressureless Fast Heating System
Logan Joyce (Purdue), Yi Xie (Purdue)
Oxidation Rate Dependence of Matrix Graphite Blends on Texture Orientation in High Temperature Steam Atmospheres
Katherine I. Montoya (Univ. Texas, San Antonio), Tyler J. Gerczak (ORNL), Elizabeth S. Sooby (Univ. Texas, San Antonio)
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