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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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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
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Sam Altman steps down as Oklo board chair
Advanced nuclear company Oklo Inc. has new leadership for its board of directors as billionaire Sam Altman is stepping down from the position he has held since 2015. The move is meant to open new partnership opportunities with OpenAI, where Altman is CEO, and other artificial intelligence companies.
Technical Session
Monday, October 4, 2021|1:20–3:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Mathew Cleveland (LANL)
Session Organizer:
Jeffery D. Densmore (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
Student Producer:
William Dawn (NC State Univ.)
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A Hybrid Monte Carlo-FDSA Method for k-Eigenvalue Problem
1:20–1:45PM EDT
Jiahao Chen (NC State Univ.), Jason Hou (NC State Univ.), Kostadin Ivanov (NC State Univ.)
Paper
Error Quantification for Improved Deterministic Truncation of Monte Carlo Method
1:45–2:10PM EDT
Inhyung Kim (KAIST), Inyup Kim (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
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General Formulation of Functional Expansion Tallies for Regular 2D Geometries in Serpent 2 Monte Carlo Code
2:10–2:35PM EDT
Ana Jambrina (LUT Univ.), Jaakko Leppänen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
Functional Expansion Tally-Based Shannon-Fisher Complexity Metric for Fission Source Convergence Analysis in Serpent 2 Monte Carlo Code
2:35–3:00PM EDT
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