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The division's objectives are to promote the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical phenomena characterizing nuclear reactors and other nuclear systems. The division encourages research and disseminates information through meetings and publications. Areas of technical interest include nuclear data, particle interactions and transport, reactor and nuclear systems analysis, methods, design, validation and operating experience and standards. The Wigner Award heads the awards program.
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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
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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.
Panel and Technical Session|Fusion and Plasma Physics
Saturday, April 15, 2023|3:10–4:30PM EDT|Student Union 262B
Session Chair:
Promise Adebayo-Ige (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Dalton Lonker (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Lance M. Drouet (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
This session is sponsored by the ANS Fusion Energy Division.
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Franklin 2023 - Design and Analysis of a Novel Molten Salt Fusion Breeder Blanket System Using SAM
3:10–3:30PM EDT
Trevor Franklin (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Sierra Tutwiler (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ryan P. McGuire (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Amelie Lutz (Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy), Lane B. Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Paper
Characterization of a Plasma Electrolytic Process for the Fixation of Nitrogen
3:30–3:50PM EDT
Brandon E. Kamiyama (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Robert Pierrard (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Aryan Panigrahi (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Michelle Giovacchini (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Nitika Purohit (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), R. M. Sankaran (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Deuterium Uptake and Removal with Advanced Liquid Lithium PFCs
3:50–4:10PM EDT
Andrew J. Ernat (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Cody Moynihan (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Steven Stemmley (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), David N. Ruzic (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Techno-Economic and Empirical Assessment of Photoresist Removal by Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas
4:10–4:30PM EDT
Branden J. Bodner (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Arthur G. Mazzeo (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Jacob T. Fuss (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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