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Reactor Physics
The division's objectives are to promote the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical phenomena characterizing nuclear reactors and other nuclear systems. The division encourages research and disseminates information through meetings and publications. Areas of technical interest include nuclear data, particle interactions and transport, reactor and nuclear systems analysis, methods, design, validation and operating experience and standards. The Wigner Award heads the awards program.
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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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Los Alamos researchers test TRISO transportation
Los Alamos National Laboratory recently performed a series of customized criticality experiments to obtain data that will support the transportation of HALEU TRISO fuel, the Department of Energy announced April 21.
18th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2023)
Technical Session|Modeling, Analysis, and Methods (Advanced Methods and Tools)|Cosponsored by NPIC&HMIT
Wednesday, July 19, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT|300C
Session Chair:
Xingang Zhao
Alternate Chair:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu
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Comparing Radiation Survey Gaussian Process Regression Methods for Reactor Room Radiation Reconstruction
3:15–3:40PM EDT
Jeremy Marquardt (Purdue), Adam Hermann (Purdue), Leonard Lucas (Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue)
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Active Learning with Deep Neural Network Ensembles for Heat Pipe Microreactor Modeling in Abnormal Operation
3:40–4:05PM EDT
Dean Price (Univ. Michigan), Majdi I. Radaideh (Univ. Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan)
Quantum Computing for Probabilistic Safety Assessment: A Perspective
4:05–4:30PM EDT
M. Hibti (EDF), A. Zaiou (EDF), Y. Bennani (Laboratoire D’informatique de Paris Nord), B. Matei (Laboratoire D’informatique de Paris Nord)
Model Calibration and Uncertainty Analyses in Multiscale Modeling Using Machine Learning Approaches
4:30–4:55PM EDT
Richa Verma (IIT Delhi), Dinesh Kumar (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Kazuma Kobayashi (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Anant Raj (Purdue), Syed Bahauddin Alam (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
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