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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
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2023)
February 6–9, 2023
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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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Cs-137 sealed source found in Western Australia
A rendering of the sealed source capsule’s appearance. (Image: DFES)
Australian emergency services has located the lost sealed source, the BBC reported early February 1.
The caesium-137 capsule, part of a density gauge used at Rio Tinto’s Gudai-Darri mine in Western Australia, was found after a survey vehicle travelling at 70 km/h (43 mph) detected radiation, according to the report. According to Australia’s Department of Fire and Emergency Services, the capsule was located on the roadside of the Great Northern Highway, south of Newman. A serial number verified it was the lost source.
Last week, as reported yesterday by Nuclear Newswire, Australian authorities began searching 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) of Australia’s Great Northern Highway, between Perth and the remote town of Newman, for a lost sealed-source capsule containing cesium-137. The source was part of a density gauge used by mining company Rio Tinto at its mining operations in Western Australia.
Technical Session
Thursday, May 19, 2022|8:00–9:45AM EDT|Ellwood
Session Chair:
Jaakko Leppänen
Alternate Chair:
Nathan J. Roskoff
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Speed Up of Partial Current Tallies in SERPENT
Oscar Lastres (Purdue), Yunlin Xu (Purdue)
Summary
Toward Portable GPU Acceleration of the OpenMC Monte Carlo Particle Transport Code
John R. Tramm (ANL), Paul K. Romano (ANL), Johannes Doerfert (ANL), Amanda L. Lund (ANL), Patrick C. Shriwise (ANL), Andrew R. Siegel (ANL), Gavin Ridley (MIT), Andrew Pastrello (Univ. New South Wales)
Development of an Optimum Detector Position Search Method for Pulsed-Neutron-Source Alpha Measurement Using Time-Dependent Monte Carlo Simulation
S. H. Jang (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), H. J. Shim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Performance of Population Control Techniques in Monte Carlo Reactor Criticality Simulation
Ilham Variansyah (Univ. Notre Dame), Ryan G. McClarren (Univ. Notre Dame)
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