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Materials Science & Technology
The objectives of MSTD are: promote the advancement of materials science in Nuclear Science Technology; support the multidisciplines which constitute it; encourage research by providing a forum for the presentation, exchange, and documentation of relevant information; promote the interaction and communication among its members; and recognize and reward its members for significant contributions to the field of materials science in nuclear technology.
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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
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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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
Thursday, October 7, 2021|10:40AM–12:20PM EDT
Session Chair:
Matthew Jessee (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Session Organizer:
Terry S. Haut (LLNL)
Student Producer:
K. Lisa Reed (Georgia Tech)
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Multiphysics Simulation of Uranium-Nitride Fueled Lead-Cooled Fast Reactor
10:40–11:05AM EDT
Khaldoon A. Al-Dawood (NC State Univ.), William C. Dawn (NC State Univ.), Scott Palmtag (NC State Univ.)
Paper
Multiphysics Modeling of Fast Liquid-Fuel Molten Salt Reactor Using STARCCM+
11:05–11:30AM EDT
Yeongshin Jeong (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT)
Coupling Methodologies within WIMS for Multi-Physics Fuel Performance Modelling
11:30–11:55AM EDT
Peter Smith (Jacobs Nuclear), Brendan Tollit (Jacobs Nuclear), Alan Charles (Jacobs Nuclear), Jean Lavarenne (Jacobs Nuclear), William Poole (Jacobs Nuclear), Magda Stefanowska (Jacobs Nuclear)
Multiphysics Simulation of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor Using Griffin and Pronghorn
11:55AM–12:20PM EDT
Paolo Balestra (INL), Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Nicolas Martin (INL), Sebastian Schunert (INL), Andrew Hermosillo (TAMU), Yaqi Wang (INL)
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