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Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
Meeting Spotlight
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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Technical Session|Lightning Talks
Thursday, October 10, 2024|10:15AM–12:00PM MDT|Room 1
Session Chair:
Thomas Folk (INL)
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Effective Hydrogen Gas Production Modeling Practices
10:15–10:22AM MDT
Greg Alder (Curtiss-Wright)
Paper
Nuclear Integrated Energy System to Provide Power and Water to El Hierro, Spain
10:22–10:29AM MDT
Logan Williams (INL)
Optimizing SMR Implementation and Waste Generation in Ontario's Future Energy Mix Using a Dynamic MILP Approach
10:29–10:36AM MDT
C. Colterjohn (McMaster Univ.), S. Nagasaki (McMaster Univ.), Y. Fujii (Univ. Tokyo)
Contextual Out-of-Distribution Detection and its Application in Evaluating Data-Driven Model Reliability
10:36–10:43AM MDT
Edward Chen (INL), Han Bao (INL)
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees)
Simulation of Graphite Reactor Components with the Grizzly Code
10:43–10:50AM MDT
Benjamin Spencer (INL), Lynn Munday (INL), Gyanender Singh (INL), Parikshit Bajpai (INL), Veerappan Prithivirajan (INL)
Spouted Bed Modeling for Coated Particle Fuel Productions Using MFiX and Barracuda
10:50–10:57AM MDT
Benjamin Stoyer (INL), Ryan Heldt (ORNL), Bryan Conry (ORNL), Eddie Lopez-Honorato (ORNL), Paul Schuck (INL), Tyler Gerczak (ORNL)
RELAP5-3D Coupling with the MOOSE-Framework
10:57–11:04AM MDT
Jan I.C. Vermaak (INL), George L. Mesina (INL)
RELAP5-3D Modeling Support for Research Nuclear Reactors
11:04–11:11AM MDT
M. Tano (INL), B. Cox (INL)
RELAP5-3D Validation Using the Primary Coolant Apparatus Test (PCAT) Facility
11:11–11:18AM MDT
C. Parisi (INL), R. Kile (INL)
The ViBRANT Platform, a Surrogate Nuclear Reactor
11:18–11:25AM MDT
Anthony Crawford (INL)
Curve Fitting Parameterization of Neutron Spectra
11:25–11:32AM MDT
Teancum Quist (INL), Tommy Holschuh (INL)
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