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Division Spotlight
Isotopes & Radiation
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.
Meeting Spotlight
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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Argonne’s METL gears up to test more sodium fast reactor components
Argonne National Laboratory has successfully swapped out an aging cold trap in the sodium test loop called METL (Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop), the Department of Energy announced April 23. The upgrade is the first of its kind in the United States in more than 30 years, according to the DOE, and will help test components and operations for the sodium-cooled fast reactors being developed now.
ICRS 14/RPSD 2022 speaker
Specialty: Reactor Physics, Dynamics, Critical Experiments
PhD: Tokyo Institute of Technology Received PhD in research on subcritical reactors and CANDL reactors
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry: 1F accident response at the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency One day after the accident, I entered the site and carried out monitoring and accident response. After that, the Prime Minister's official residence continued to respond.
Nuclear Regulation Authority
Responsible for reviewing nuclear reactors based on new regulatory standards.
Responsible for the first licensing examination after the accident. 5 or more units were audited. After that, he was in charge of analysis of Fukushima-daiichi Nuclear power station.
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