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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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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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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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Technical Session|Sponsored by Evolution of Material Properties
Thursday, December 14, 2023|1:00–2:40PM CST|Galerie 1
Session Chair:
Jason Trelewicz (Stony Brook University)
Alternate Chair:
Thak Sang Byun (ORNL)
Track Organizers:
Gary Was (Univ. Michigan)
Dong Liu (University of Bristol)
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Generalizable Neural Network Prediction of Density in Molten Salt Mixtures
1:00–1:20PM CST
J. Barra (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell), S. Shahbazi (ANL), T. Starkus (ANL), A. Birri (ORNL), P. Balaprakash (ORNL), S.T. Lam (Univ. Massachusetts, Lowell)
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Development of Accurate Potential Model for Molten Potassium Chloride Using Machine Learning and Pressure-Based Correction
1:20–1:40PM CST
Lee Hyunseok (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Takuji Oda (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Friction and Wear of Candidate Metal Alloys for Fluoride Salt Pump Bearing and Shaft Materials
1:40–2:00PM CST
L. Vergari (Univ. California, Berkeley), M. Borrello (Univ. California, Berkeley), Y.J. Xu (Univ. California, Berkeley), R.O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Evaluating the Methodology of Static Isothermal Molten Salt Compatibility Experiments
2:00–2:20PM CST
B.A. Pint (ORNL), D. Sulejmanovic (ORNL), Y.-F. Su (ORNL), R. Pillai (ORNL), W. Reed (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Molecular Dynamics Simulation on Corrosion Interface of α-Iron and Liquid Lead Using Machine Learning Potential
2:20–2:40PM CST
Seoyeon Bak (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Takuji Oda (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
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