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Thermal Hydraulics
The division provides a forum for focused technical dialogue on thermal hydraulic technology in the nuclear industry. Specifically, this will include heat transfer and fluid mechanics involved in the utilization of nuclear energy. It is intended to attract the highest quality of theoretical and experimental work to ANS, including research on basic phenomena and application to nuclear system design.
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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
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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The 2025 ANS election results are in!
Spring marks the passing of the torch for American Nuclear Society leadership. During this election cycle, ANS members voted for the newest vice president/president-elect, treasurer, and six board of director positions (four U.S., one non-U.S., one student). New professional division leadership was also decided on in this election, which opened February 25 and closed April 15. About 21 percent of eligible members of the Society voted—a similar turnout to last year.
Technical Session
Tuesday, July 23, 2024|10:00–11:50AM CDT|Senate A/B
Session Chair:
Jonathan E. Menard
Alternate Chair:
Ben Lindley
Session Organizer:
Arnold Lumsdaine
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Design Point and Optimization of a General Fusion Magnetized Target Fusion Power Plant
10:00–10:25AM CDT
Daymon Krotez (General Fusion), Raphael Segas (General Fusion), Ivan Khalzov (General Fusion)
Presented by Michel Laberge (General Fusion)
Paper
Pre-Conceptual Neutronics and Shielding Assessment of a Beam-Driven Tokamak Volumetric Neutron Source
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Dieter Leichtle (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Roman Afanasenko (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Christian Bachmann (EUROfusion), Pierluigi Chiovaro (Univ. Palermo), Aljaz Cufar (Jožef Stefan Institute), Gianfranco Federici (EUROfusion), Thomas Franke (EUROfusion), Ivo Moscato (EUROfusion), Jin Hun Park (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology), Pavel Pereslavtsev (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Alex Valentine (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority)
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The Advanced Tokamak Fusion Pilot Plant: An Optimized and Integrated Conceptual Design
10:50–11:10AM CDT
D.B. Weisberg (General Atomics), T. Akiyama (General Atomics), P. Beharrel (General Atomics), S. Ding (General Atomics), G. Dose (General Atomics), N. Eidietis (General Atomics), A.M. Garofalo (General Atomics), A. Ghiozzi (Oak Ridge Associated Universities), B.A. Grierson (General Atomics), J. Guterl (General Atomics), J. Harvery (General Atomics), A. Hennessey (General Atomics), A. Leonard (General Atomics), J. Leuer (General Atomics), B. Lyons (General Atomics), R. Maurizio (General Atomics), O. Meneghini (General Atomics), P. Mijatovic (General Atomics), R. Raffray (General Atomics), N. Shi (General Atomics), T. Slendebroek (Oak Ridge Associated Universities), M. Tillack (General Atomics), A. Xing (General Atomics)
Project Century: Zap Energy's 100 kW-Scale Repetitive Sheared-Flow-Stabilized Z-Pinch System with Liquid Metal Cooling
11:10–11:30AM CDT
M.C. Thompson (Zap Energy), V. Nalajala (Zap Energy), B. Kelleher (Zap Energy), S. Brantley (Zap Energy), C. Parga (Zap Energy), A. Cheung (Zap Energy), M. Aubuchon (Zap Energy), B.A. Nelson (Zap Energy), B. Maynard (Zap Energy), J. Beers (Zap Energy), C. Ying (Zap Energy), J. Stuber (Zap Energy), T. Schwartz (Zap Energy), G. Staines (Zap Energy), S. Gagnon (Zap Energy), M. Acks (Zap Energy), S. Ashrun (Zap Energy), S. Bagdy (Zap Energy), A. Basile (Zap Energy), B. Beers (Zap Energy), K. Blackwell (Zap Energy), H. Blanck (Zap Energy), F. Caliari (Zap Energy), H. Carlson (Zap Energy), M. Christenson (Zap Energy), T. Connolly (Zap Energy), S. Cortez (Zap Energy), J. Costa-Greger (Zap Energy), H. Grover (Zap Energy), C. Hansen (Zap Energy), K. Hatfield (Zap Energy), S. Huotilainen (Zap Energy), S. Jurovich (Zap Energy), S. Korlann (Zap Energy), S. Muniyalkrishna (Zap Energy), M. Parry (Zap Energy), W. Pauley (Zap Energy), B. Pedler (Zap Energy), T. Rhodes (Zap Energy), D. Sanabria (Zap Energy), W. Schoenthal (Zap Energy), Z. Toth (Zap Energy), N. Tripp (Zap Energy), B. Wakefield (Zap Energy), B. Watson (Zap Energy), C. Zehner (Zap Energy)
Approach to Startup Inventory for Viable Commercial Fusion Power Plant
11:30–11:50AM CDT
Collin R. Malone (SRNL), Holly B. Flynn (SRNL), Alex D. Somers (SRNL), P. Arron Rowell (SRNL), George K. Larsen (SRNL)
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