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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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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).
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)
Technical Session
Thursday, June 16, 2022|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Huntington A
Session Chair:
Chuck Kessel
Alternate Chair:
Leigh Winfrey
Session Organizer:
Paul W. Humrickhouse (ORNL)
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Validation of CFD MHD Code for Liquid Metal Modeling of Tritium Breeding Blankets
Andrei Khodak (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Jonathan E. Menard (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
Paper
Transient Multiphysics Analysis of the DCLL Blanket for Fusion System Safety Analysis
Nicholas A. Meehan (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. I. Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Tritium Transport in WCLL Outboard Breeding Blanket of EU-DEMO Reactor under Pulsed Operation
Luigi Candido (Politecnico di Torino), Ciro Alberghi (Politecnico di Torino), Pietro Arena (ENEA), Fabio Moro (ENEA), Simone Noce (Università di Roma Tor Vergata), Marco Utili (ENEA), Massimo Zucchetti (Politecnico di Torino)
Liquid Metal Blanket and First Wall for a Sheared-Flow-Stabilized Z-Pinch Fusion Generator
Clemente J. Parga (Zap Energy)
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