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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.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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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Why push materials to their breaking point?
Stephen Taller
We push materials to their breaking point for you.
Millions of Americans rely on nuclear energy. It provides 20 percent of electrical power in the United States—24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. To maintain this reliability, every material used in our reactors must work safely and efficiently.
I’m part of a team of world-class scientists, engineers, and technical professionals at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, testing and evaluating materials designed to thrive in one of the most complex environments on Earth. Nuclear reactors experience heavy stress loads, high temperatures, corrosive environments, and intense radiation fields. Combined, these forces can substantially impact the performance of cladding or other structural materials. We want to know where and under what conditions materials may fail to keep a reactor running safely and reliably.
Technical Session
Wednesday, October 6, 2021|1:20–3:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Hany Abdel-Khalik (Purdue Univ.)
Session Organizer:
Hany S. Abdel-Khalik (Purdue Univ.)
Student Producer:
K. Lisa Reed (Georgia Tech)
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A Comprehensive Framework to Improve Predictions by Integrating Inverse Uncertainty Quantification and Quantitative Validation
1:20–1:45PM EDT
Ziyu Xie (NC State Univ.), Xu Wu (NC State Univ.)
Paper
Advanced Information Criteria Applied to IDA Benchmark Problems: Reducing the Degree of Freedom in Bayesian Approaches
1:45–2:10PM EDT
J.-M. Palau (CEA/DES), P. Tamagno (CEA/DES), A. Rizzo (CEA/DES)
Calibration of Pellet Cladding Gap Heat Transfer Model for PWR, BWR and VVER Fuel Rod Transient Uncertainty Analysis
2:10–2:35PM EDT
G. Delipei (NC State Univ.), A. Abarca (NC State Univ.), M. Avramova (NC State Univ.), K. Ivanov (NC State Univ.)
Non-Intrusive Alternative to Generalized Linear Least-Squares Methodology for Criticality Safety Applications
2:35–3:00PM EDT
Jeongwon Seo (Purdue Univ.), Dongli Huang (Purdue Univ.), Ugur Mertyurek (ORNL), Hany S. Abdel-Khalik (Purdue Univ.)
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