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Division Spotlight
Materials Science & Technology
The objectives of MSTD are: promote the advancement of materials science in Nuclear Science Technology; support the multidisciplines which constitute it; encourage research by providing a forum for the presentation, exchange, and documentation of relevant information; promote the interaction and communication among its members; and recognize and reward its members for significant contributions to the field of materials science in nuclear technology.
Meeting Spotlight
International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver 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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Argonne’s METL gears up to test more sodium fast reactor components
Argonne National Laboratory has successfully swapped out an aging cold trap in the sodium test loop called METL (Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop), the Department of Energy announced April 23. The upgrade is the first of its kind in the United States in more than 30 years, according to the DOE, and will help test components and operations for the sodium-cooled fast reactors being developed now.
Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024)
Sean Fournier is a nuclear engineer in the Sandia National Laboratories Nuclear Incident Response Program (NIRP). He received his MS in Nuclear Engineering from the University of New Mexico in 2018. Sean started his career in 2010 working in the radiochemistry laboratory at Sandia. Sean has participated in several inter-agency working groups on nuclear incident response preparedness; most notably, the Department of Energy’s Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC) Laboratory Analysis Working Group. This group is responsible for determining the methods, procedures, and training for sample control and analysis during a national-scale nuclear emergency. Sean is the current skillset leader for the Consequence Management Laboratory Analysis Unit and works toward maintaining readiness of the responders and the technology used by the team.
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