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Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Join ANS for a webinar on exploring background radiation
The American Nuclear Society, in partnership with the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, is hosting its next Educator Training event, “K-12 Classroom Investigations: Exploring Background Radiation,” this Thursday, May 16, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. (EDT).
Register now. The event is complimentary and open to all.
Technical Session|New and Advanced Reactors
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|1:30–3:10PM EDT|Columbia 3/4
Session Chair:
Robert P. Martin (Independent)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Paolo Balestra (INL)
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Investigation of Static Boiling in a Large Scale RCCS
1:30–1:50PM EDT
Q. Lv (ANL), M. Jasica (ANL), D. Lisowski (ANL), Z. Ooi (ANL), A. Kraus (ANL), R. Hu (ANL), M. Farmer (ANL)
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Uncoupled DEM Simulation to Investigate the Impact of Coolant Flow on Pebble Flow in Pebble Bed Reactor
1:50–2:10PM EDT
Muhammad Sohaib Malik (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Jiaqi Chen (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Angela Di Fulvio (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Caleb S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Timothy P. Grunloh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
The Refractive Index Matched Pebble Bed Facility for High Resolution Experiments of DLOFC and PLOFC Accidents in MPBRs
2:10–2:30PM EDT
Zachary Welker (Univ. Michigan), Annalisa Manera (Univ. Michigan), Victor Petrov (Univ. Michigan), Paolo Balestra (INL)
Turbulence Characteristics Using Dynamic Mode Decomposition in an 84-Pin Hexagonal Fuel Assembly
2:30–2:50PM EDT
Craig Menezes (TAMU), Yassin A. Hassan (TAMU)
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