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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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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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ANS webinar tackles nuclear waste
A recent American Nuclear Society webinar tackled misconceptions about nuclear waste. Christopher Perfetti, an associate professor of nuclear engineering at the University of New Mexico, presented “The How, Why, and Where of Nuclear Waste,” the latest online event in ANS’s Educator Training offerings.
Technical Session
Wednesday, September 28, 2022|10:00AM–12:05PM PDT|Seaport
Session Chair:
Jeffrey A. Favorite (LANL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
John Bess (JFoster & Associates, LLC)
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Multifaceted Coded Nuclear Data Libraries Assemblage, Verification and Validation: TENDL-2021
10:00–10:25AM PDT
J-Ch. Sublet (IAEA), Arjan Koning (IAEA), Dimitri Rochman (Paul Scherrer Institut), Mark R. Gilbert (UKAEA), Albert C. Kahler (Kahler Nuclear Data Services), Cedric Jouanne (CEA), Jaakko Leppanen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Steven C. van der Marck (NRG), Paul Romano (ANL)
Paper
Using the MCNP6 Perturbation Capability for Source Nuclide Density Sensitivities
10:25–10:50AM PDT
Sensitivity Analysis in Coupled Radiation Transport Simulations
10:50–11:15AM PDT
Christopher M. Perfetti (Univ. New Mexico), Brian Franke (Sandia), Ron Kensek (Sandia), Aaron Olson (Sandia)
New Capabilities in SENSMG, a Tool for Multigroup Discrete Ordinates Sensitivity Analysis
11:15–11:40AM PDT
Jeffrey A. Favorite (LANL), Alexander R. Clark (LANL)
Availability of Shielding Benchmark Experiment Data in the ICSBEP Handbook
11:40AM–12:05PM PDT
John D. Bess (JFoster and Assoc.), Tatiana Ivanova (OECD NEA), Shuichi Tsuda (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
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