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Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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NextGen MURR Working Group established in Missouri
The University of Missouri’s Board of Curators has created the NextGen MURR Working Group to serve as a strategic advisory body for the development of the NextGen MURR (University of Missouri Research Reactor).
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Tuesday, June 13, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EDT|Marriott 2
Session Chair:
Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)
Alternate Chair:
Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Session Organizer:
Wade R. Marcum
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Impacts of Primary Heat Exchanger Design on Heat Pipe Microreactor Power Conversion (revised September 2023)
10:00–10:20AM EDT
Curtis Foster (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Ian Jentz (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Gregory F. Nellis (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mark Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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Preliminary Evaluation of Thermal Performance for Spent Fuel Pool Passive Cooling System with Thermosyphon and Water Jacket
10:20–10:40AM EDT
Min Suk Lee (KAIST), Sanghoon Lee (KAIST), Wooseong Park (KAIST), Yong Hoon Jeong (KAIST)
Numerical Study of Fission Particle Transport in Ventilation Ducts in Nonreactor Nuclear Facilities: Case Study of Circular and Square Ducts with T-Junctions
10:40–11:00AM EDT
Thien Nguyen (ORNL), William McCarter (ORNL), Scott Nelson (ORNL), Joanna McFarlane (ORNL)
Graphite Dust Facilitated FP Transport Investigation for Improvement of Deposition Models
11:00–11:20AM EDT
R. Chavez (TAMU), M. Stephenson (TAMU), N.K. Anand (TAMU), Y.A. Hassan (TAMU), Mitchell Stephenson (TAMU)
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