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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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Framatome signs contracts with Sizewell C
French nuclear developer Framatome is slated to deliver key equipment for Sizewell C Ltd.’s two large reactors planned for the United Kingdom’s Suffolk coast.
The agreement, reportedly worth multiple billions of euros, was announced this week and will involve Framatome from the design phase until commissioning. The company also agreed to a long-term fuel supply deal. Framatome is 80.5 percent owned by France’s EDF and 19.5 percent owned by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Technical Session
Thursday, May 19, 2022|8:00–9:45AM EDT|Brighton I/II
Session Chair:
Alex Levinsky
Alternate Chair:
Chang-ho Lee (ANL)
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Modeling and Analysis of a Micro-Reactor Using the DireWolf Code Suite
Nathan Roskoff (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Vefa Kucukboyaci (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Alex Levinsky (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Vincent Laboure (INL), Jackson Harter (INL), Adam Zabriskie (INL), Lise Charlot (INL)
Paper
Simulation of a TRISO-Fueled Heat-Pipe Microreactor Using MOOSE-Based Reactor Physics Code Griffin
Yan Cao (ANL), Nicolas Stauff (ANL), Yinbin Miao (ANL), Kun Mo (ANL), Justin Thomas (ANL), Bo Feng (ANL), Zhaopeng Zhong (ANL), Chang-ho Lee (ANL)
Preliminary Neutronic-Thermal-Mechanical Coupling of a Small Heat-Pipe Reactor Using OpenMC and MOOSE
William Reed Kendrick (MIT), Benoit Forget (MIT)
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Design, Simulation, and Analysis of a Microreactor Experiment at the National Criticality Experiments Research Center
Mikaela Blood (LANL), Alexis Maldonado (LANL), Nicholas Thompson (LANL), Holly Trellue (LANL)
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