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Division Spotlight
Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
Meeting Spotlight
Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS 2023)
May 7–11, 2023
Idaho Falls, ID|Snake River Event Center
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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May 2023
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Fusion Science and Technology
February 2023
Latest News
Wanted: Information leading to a neutron source for fusion energy R&D
The Department of Energy’s Office of Science published a notice in the March 27 Federal Register calling for input on technological approaches to a Fusion Prototypic Neutron Source (FPNS) for materials irradiation research under DOE-SC’s Fusion Energy Sciences program, as well as partnership models that could accelerate the construction and delivery of the facility. The request for information (RFI) calls for responses by May 11.
Technical Session
Wednesday, October 6, 2021|3:30–5:10PM EDT
Session Chair:
Agustin Abarca (NC State Univ.)
Session Organizer:
Shawn D. Pautz (Sandia National Laboratory)
Student Producer:
Aaron Tamashiro (Oregon State Univ.)
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Status of the OECD/NEA TVA Watts Bar 1 Benchmark and Monte Carlo Modeling of the "Zero Power Physics Test" Exercise
3:30–3:55PM EDT
T. Albagami (NC State Univ.), P. Rouxelin (NC State Univ.), A. Abarca (NC State Univ.), M. Avramova (NC State Univ.), K. Ivanov (NC State Univ.)
Summary
Verification of MPACT and VERA-CS for the APR1400 Benchmark
3:55–4:20PM EDT
Kaitlyn Barr (Univ. of Michigan), Sooyoung Choi (Univ. of Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. of Michigan)
Preliminary Results of the NEA FHR Benchmark Phase I-A and I-B (Fuel Element 2-D Benchmark)
4:20–4:45PM EDT
B. Petrovic (Georgia Institute of Technology), K. Ramey (Georgia Institute of Technology), I. Hill (OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency), E. Losa (Research Centre Rez), M. Elsawi (PNNL), Z. Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), C. Lu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), J. Gonzalez (McMaster Univ.), D. Novog (McMaster Univ.), G. Chee (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), K. Huff (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), M. Margulis (Univ. of Cambridge), N. Read (Univ. of Cambridge), E. Shwageraus (Univ. of Cambridge)
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