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Division Spotlight
Robotics & Remote Systems
The Mission of the Robotics and Remote Systems Division is to promote the development and application of immersive simulation, robotics, and remote systems for hazardous environments for the purpose of reducing hazardous exposure to individuals, reducing environmental hazards and reducing the cost of performing work.
Meeting Spotlight
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2022)
August 7–10, 2022
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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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Carbon value: Lifetime extensions of nuclear reactors could save billions in climate mitigation costs
On the road to achieving net-zero by midcentury, low- or no-carbon energy sources that slash carbon dioxide emissions are critical weapons. Nevertheless, the role of nuclear energy—the single largest source of carbon-free electricity—remains uncertain.
Nuclear energy, which provides 20 percent of the electricity in the United States, has been a constant, reliable, carbon-free source for nearly 50 years. But our fleet of nuclear reactors is aging, with more than half of the 92 operating reactors across 29 states at or over 40 years old—the length of the original operating licenses issued to the power plants. While some reactors have been retired prematurely, there are two options for those that remain: retire them or renew their license.
Technical Session
Thursday, May 19, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM EDT|Brighton III/IV
Session Chair:
Carlo Fiorina
Alternate Chair:
Alessandro Scolaro (EPFL)
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Development of an OpenFOAM Multiphysics Solver for Solid Fission Products Transport in the Molten Salt Fast Reactor
Andrea Di Ronco (Politecnico di Milano), Stefano Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano), Francesca Giacobbo (Politecnico di Milano), Carolina Introini (Politecnico di Milano), Antonio Cammi (Politecnico di Milano)
Summary
The GeN-Foam Multiphysics Solver: A Status Update
C. Fiorina (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
PyARC -- A User-Friendly Open-Source Reactor Physics Framework for Fast Reactor Design and Analysis
N.E. Stauff (ANL), A. Abdelhameed (ANL), M. Atz (ANL), P. Shriwise (ANL), Y.S. Jung (ANL), R. Lefebvre (ORNL)
julia for Enhancing Nuclear Engineering Simulations (JENES): Introduction to the JENES Project and Platform
Muhammad Ramzy Altahhan (NCSU), Gregory Delipei (NCSU), David Holler (NCSU), Jason Hou (NCSU), Maria Avramova (NCSU), Kostadin Ivanov (NCSU)
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