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Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
Meeting Spotlight
2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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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Framatome signs contracts with Sizewell C
French nuclear developer Framatome is slated to deliver key equipment for Sizewell C Ltd.’s two large reactors planned for the United Kingdom’s Suffolk coast.
The agreement, reportedly worth multiple billions of euros, was announced this week and will involve Framatome from the design phase until commissioning. The company also agreed to a long-term fuel supply deal. Framatome is 80.5 percent owned by France’s EDF and 19.5 percent owned by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Technical Session
Tuesday, October 5, 2021|10:40AM–12:20PM EDT
Session Chair:
Jean Ragusa (Texas A&M Univ.)
Session Organizer:
Dmitriy Y. Anistratov (NC State Univ.)
Student Producer:
Khaldoon Al-Dawood (NC State Univ.)
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Unifying the Finite Element and Nodal Expansion Methods Under the Weighted Residuals Framework
10:40–11:05AM EDT
Matt Kabelitz (Univ. of Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. of Michigan)
Paper
Spatial Discretization Error Estimators on Three Realistic Geometry Case Studies
11:05–11:30AM EDT
Nathan H. Hart (LANL), Yousry Y. Azmy (NC State Univ.)
Two-Dimensional Source Estimation Problems Using an ADO-Nodal Solution to the Adjoint Transport Equation
11:30–11:55AM EDT
C.B. Pazinatto (Instituto Federal de Educacao), L. B. Barichello (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)
Extending Gout's Wachspress Finite Elements on Regular Hexagons to Higher Orders
11:55AM–12:20PM EDT
David Labeurthre (CEA), Ansar Calloo (CEA), Romain Le Tellier (CEA)
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