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Reactor Physics
The division's objectives are to promote the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical phenomena characterizing nuclear reactors and other nuclear systems. The division encourages research and disseminates information through meetings and publications. Areas of technical interest include nuclear data, particle interactions and transport, reactor and nuclear systems analysis, methods, design, validation and operating experience and standards. The Wigner Award heads the awards program.
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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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EnergySolutions to help explore advanced reactor development in Utah
Utah-based waste management company EnergySolutions announced that it has signed a memorandum of understating with the Intermountain Power Agency and the state of Utah to explore the development of advanced nuclear power generation at the Intermountain Power Project (IPP) site near Delta, Utah.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Monday, June 12, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT|Michigan/Texas
Session Chair:
Carlo Fiorina
Alternate Chair:
Joshua L. Peterson-Droogh
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Integration of OpenMC into the PyARC Code Package for Fast Reactor Physics Analyses
3:15–3:35PM EDT
Kalin R. Kiesling (ANL), Patrick C. Shriwise (ANL), Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL)
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Enabling Multiphysics Simulation of Fusion Blankets on Exascale Architecture Using OpenFOAM
3:35–3:55PM EDT
Arpan Sircar (ORNL), Katarzyna Borowiec (ORNL), Jin Whan Bae (ORNL), Vittorio Badalassi (ORNL)
Verification of Depletion Capability of Monte Carlo iMC Code
3:55–4:15PM EDT
Inyup Kim (KAIST), Taesuk Oh (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
Calculation of Mesh-Based Adjoint Flux Distribution in the iMC Monte Carlo Code Using the Iterated Fission Probability (IFP) Method
4:15–4:35PM EDT
Tae-suk Oh (KAIST), Inyup Kim (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
Implementation of a Red-Black Ordering RSOR Preconditioner in PANDAS-MOC
4:35–4:55PM EDT
Shunjiang Tao (Purdue), Yunlin Xu (Purdue)
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