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Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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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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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|Lightning Talks
Thursday, October 10, 2024|10:15AM–12:00PM MDT|Room 5
Session Chair:
Michael J. Moorehead (INL)
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UZrCN Formation Optimization Through Spark Plasma Sintering Methods
10:15–10:22AM MDT
James Zillinger (INL), Randall Scott (INL), Nathan Jerred (INL), Sarah Hamilton (INL)
Paper
Electrochemical Behaviors of Fe, Ni, Cr, and Mn Ions in NaCl-MgCl2 Molten Salt
10:22–10:29AM MDT
Suhyeon Lee (Soonchunhyang Univ.), Hyunjin Boo (Soonchunhyang Univ.), Byung Gi Park (Soonchunhyang Univ.)
Nuclear Fuels at Temperature and Pressure Extremes: Probing Phonon Anharmonicity for Enabling Advanced Nuclear Fuels for Next-Generation Reactors
10:29–10:36AM MDT
Amey Khanolkar (INL), Saqeeb Adnan (INL), David Hurley (INL), Marat Khafizov (Ohio State)
Low-Temperature Structural Distortions in α-U Crystals Probed by High-Resolution Dilatometry
10:36–10:43AM MDT
Volodymyr Buturlim (INL), Xiaxin Ding (INL), Sabin Regmi (INL), Chris Marianetti (Columbia Univ.), Michael Manley (ORNL), Jason Jeffries (LLNL), Krzysztof Gofryk (INL)
Planning for and Initial Investigations into Irradiated Waste Form Performance
10:43–10:50AM MDT
Morgan Kropp (INL), Matthew Horkley (INL), Toni Karlsson (INL), Kevin Tolman (INL), Stephen Warmann (INL)
Computational Fluid Dynamic Model and Analysis of a High-Level Waste Melter
10:50–10:57AM MDT
V.C. Leite (INL), D.P. Guillen (INL), P. Ferkl (PNNL), M. Hall (PNNL), R. Pokorny (Univ. Chemistry and Technology), A.A. Kruger (U.S. Dept. of Energy)
Review of Shielding Lessons Learned from the U.S. Army ML1 Reactor
10:57–11:04AM MDT
A. Horwood (Univ. South Carolina), S. Bays (INL), T. Knight (Univ. South Carolina)
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