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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
2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NC State releases feasibility study for new research and test reactor
North Carolina State University has completed a feasibility study for its planned advanced research and test reactor. The $3 million study, which was undertaken by the university at the direction of the North Carolina General Assembly, is described in the full report, includes recommendations and projected costs and timelines.
Reactor type: NC State prefers the new reactor to be of “a multipurpose advanced sodium-cooled mixed/coupled spectrum design,” according to the report. Such a design would make the reactor “the only sodium-cooled fast research and test reactor in the country.”
Technical Session
Thursday, May 19, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM EDT|Pointview
Session Chair:
Dan Kotlyar
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Vedant Mehta
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Demonstration of MCNP and Abaqus Based Reactor Multiphysics (MARM) M&S Framework for Space Nuclear Systems
Vedant K. Mehta (LANL)
Paper
Methodology and Preliminary Results for the Transient Control of Pressure and Temperature for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Engines
Vigneshwar Manickam (Georgia Tech), Matthew Krecicki (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)
Thermo-Mechanics Feedback for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Analysis: Implementation and Application
Connor Koelsch (Georgia Tech), Sam Heflin (Georgia Tech), Matt Krecicki (Georgia Tech), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Tech)
Suppressing the Positive Temperature Reactivity Coefficient in Metal Hydride Moderated Reactor
Vedant K. Mehta (LANL), Dasari V. Rao (LANL)
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