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Reactor Physics
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
Standards Program
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Technical Session
Tuesday, July 23, 2024|1:00–2:50PM CDT|Madison Ballroom
Session Chair:
Andrea Saltos (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
Alternate Chair:
Michael J. Loughlin
Session Organizer:
Iole Palermo (Ciemat)
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ITER Neutronic Status and Roadmap 2024-2028
1:00–1:25PM CDT
Y. Le Tonqueze (ITER Org.), S. Puthanveetil (ITER Org.), E. Polunovskiy (ITER Org.), G. Nafradi (ITER Org.)
Paper
Nuclear Integrated Engineering Approach to Enhance Nuclear Integration Following ALARA Principle in ITER Project
1:25–1:45PM CDT
R. Juarez (Univ. Nacional de Educación a Distancia), R. Brown (ITER Org.), F. Javier (ITER Org.), M. Gandolin (ITER Org.), D. Carloni (ITER Org.), M. Regad (ITER Org.), M. Loughlin (ORNL), D. Williams (Orano Projets), J.B. Le Blaye (Orano Projets), M. Sarapata (Orano Projets), H. Monet (Jacobs), E. Ramsay (Jacobs), S. Ziou (Jacobs), A. Kolsek (Univ. Nacional de Educacion a Distancia), M. De Pietri (Univ. Nacional de Educacion a Distancia), G. Pedroche (Univ. Nacional de Educacion a Distancia), A.J. Lopez-Revelles (Univ. Nacional de Educacion a Distancia)
Presented by Y. Le Tonqueze (ITER Org.)
Methodology for the Quantitative Determination of Safety Factor in Nuclear Analysis for Component Design in Fusion Reactors.
1:45–2:05PM CDT
Michael J. Loughlin (ORNL)
Leveraging Adjoint and Forward Neutron Transport Solutions and Information to Identify Source Regions with High Importance
2:05–2:25PM CDT
Joshua Jones (MPR Assoc.), Russell Gocht (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Andrea Saltos (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Katie Saltzgiver (MPR Assoc.), Ryanne Kennedy (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
Uncertainty Exploration of the ITER FNG Shutdown Dose Rate Benchmark with New R2S Capabilities in OpenMC
2:25–2:45PM CDT
Ethan E. Peterson (MIT), Paul K. Romano (ANL), Patrick C. Shriwise (ANL)
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