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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.
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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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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NWMO chooses vendors for Canadian repository
Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization has selected five companies it is to work with to design and plan the organization’s proposed deep geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel. As the owner of the project, the NWMO will be working with WSP Canada, Peter Kiewit Sons (Kiewit), Hatch Ltd., Thyssen Mining Construction of Canada, and Kinectrics.
The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fuel Materials and Chemistry
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST
Session Chair:
Giovanni Pastore (UTK)
Alternate Chair:
Ryan Sweet (ORNL)
Track Organizer:
Scott Palmtag (NCSU)
Staff Producer:
Vincent Novellino (NC State Univ.)
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BISON Methods and Contact Algorithms
Jason Hales (Idaho National Laboratory)
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Lower length scale methods exemplified for U3Si2 fission gas behavior
David Andersson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Bison Robustness and Performance Improvements
Daniel Schwen (Idaho National Laboratory), Alexander D. Lindsay (Idaho National Laboratory), Benjamin Spencer (Idaho National Laboratory), Stephanie A. Pitts (Idaho National Laboratory), Dylan J. McDowell (Idaho National Laboratory)
Ceramic Nuclear Fuel Fracture Modeling for Relocation with the Extended Finite Element Method
Wen Jiang (Idaho National Laboratory), Benjamin Spencer (Idaho National Laboratory)
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