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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
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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MURR expansion set back by Mo. state legislature
Spirits were high last month when a ribbon cutting was held at the University of Missouri for a $20 million, three-story, 47,000-square-foot addition, dubbed MURR West, to the MURR research reactor facilities.
Technical Session
Monday, May 16, 2022|1:30–3:15PM EDT|Brighton I/II
Session Chair:
Maria Avramova (NCSU)
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Alternate Chair:
Ishita Trivedi (INL)
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Status of the OECD/NEA Watts Bar Unit 1 Benchmark and Calculations of Local Reactor Core Power Data of the Zero Power Physics Tests
T. Albagami (NCSU), P. Rouxelin (NCSU), S. Palmtag (NCSU), M. Avramova (NCSU), K. Ivanov (NCSU)
Paper
Whole Core Analysis of OECD/NEA TVA-WB1 Benchmark Exercise 1 Using Continuous-Energy Monte Carlo Code MVP with JENDL-4.0u and ENDF/B-VII.0
Motomu Suzuki (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)
OECD/NEA MPCMIV Benchmark -- Preliminary Fuel Performance Results
Quentin Faure (NCSU), Gregory Delipei (NCSU), Maria Avramova (NCSU), Kostadin Ivanov (NCSU)
Investigation of the OECD/NEA PWR MOX/Uo2 Core Transient Benchmark Using a Coupled Whole Core Pin-by-Pin Route in WIMS
Alan Charles (Jacobs), Magda Stefanowska (Jacobs), Jean Lavarenne (Jacobs), Brendan Tollit (Jacobs), Peter Smith (Jacobs)
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