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Division Spotlight
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
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
Tuesday, May 17, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM EDT|Brighton I/II
Session Chair:
Maria Avramova (NCSU)
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Alternate Chair:
Marianna Papadionysiou (PSI)
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Generation of Group Constants at GRS for the Rostov-2 Benchmark
Romain Henry (GRS), Yann Périn (GRS), Anton Travleev (GRS)
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Native Natural Circulation in VERA
Nicholas F. Herring (Univ. Michigan), Benjamin S. Collins (Univ. Texas, Austin), Thomas J. Downar (Univ. Michigan)
Quantification of the Importance of the Modeling Fidelity in the Best Estimate Plus Uncertainty Analysis
Gregory K. Delipei (NCSU), Agustin Abarca (NCSU), Pascal Rouxelin (NCSU), Maria Avramova (NCSU), Kostadin Ivanov (NCSU)
Extension of the High-Resolution Thermal-Hydraulics Code ESCOT to Hexagonal Core Geometries for Multi-Physics Calculations
Jorge Gonzalez-Amoros (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Seongchan Kim (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Han Gyu Joo (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
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