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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
Tuesday, May 17, 2022|1:30–3:15PM EDT|Ellwood
Session Chair:
Paolo Vinai
Alternate Chair:
Dean Wang
Session Organizer:
Akio Yamamoto
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Development of a High Fidelity Model of the CROCUS Experimental Reactor
Tom Mager (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Mathieu Hursin (Paul Scherrer Institute), Carlo Fiorina (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Andreas Pautz (Paul Scherrer Institute)
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Simulation of Neutron Noise in the Research Reactor AKR-2: Comparison Between a Discrete Ordinates and a Diffusion-Based Method
P. Vinai (Chalmers Univ. of Technology), A. Mylonakis (Chalmers Univ. of Technology), H. Yi (Chalmers Univ. of Technology), C. Demaziere (Chalmers Univ. of Technology)
Frequency-Domain vs Time-Domain SPN Equations to Simulate Neutron Noise
A. Carreño (Univ. Politècnica de València), A. Vidal-Ferràndiz (Univ. Politècnica de València), D. Ginestar (Univ. Politècnica de València), G. Verdú (Univ. Politècnica de València)
Error Analysis of Numerical Methods for Thick Diffusive Neutron Transport Problems on Shishkin Mesh
Dean Wang (Ohio State)
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