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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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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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WIPP improves utility shaft safety, begins infrastructure project
Harrison Western Shaft Sinkers (HWSS), the company drilling a new utility shaft at the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico, has retained a safety culture expert following a near-miss accident in the shaft late last year. The safety expert will conduct monthly facilitated discussions with crews working on the shaft to reinforce expectations for identifying concerns regarding unsafe circumstances, according to a recent report by the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB).
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Wednesday, June 14, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT|Kentucky
Session Chair:
Jason Hou (NCSU)
Alternate Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Session Organizer:
Massimiliano Fratoni (UC Berkeley)
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On-the-Fly Energy Group Condensation for Whole-Core Multiphysics Simulations
10:00–10:20AM EDT
Aaron M. Graham (ORNL), Kang-Seog Kim (ORNL)
Paper
Fixed-Source Diffusion Solver in PARCS
10:20–10:40AM EDT
Oscar Lastres (Purdue), Yunlin Xu (Purdue)
Application of Equivalent Dancoff Factor Method for Resonance Calculation of Double Heterogeneous Fuel
10:40–11:00AM EDT
Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.), Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya Univ.)
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Direct Multi-Group Cross-Sections via NJOY+OJOYU for PWR and FLiBe-MSR Reactor Systems
11:00–11:20AM EDT
Meng-Jen (Vince) Wang (Univ. Utah), Michael Simpson (Univ. Utah), Glenn E. Sjoden (Univ. Utah)
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