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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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The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fuel Materials and Chemistry
Thursday, November 19, 2020|12:15–2:00PM EST
Session Chair:
Jason Hales (INL)
Alternate Chair:
David Andersson (LANL)
Track Organizer:
Scott Palmtag (NCSU)
Staff Producer:
Brian Andersen (ORNL)
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Parameterization of BISON model for fission gas release in U3Si2 nuclear fuel using phase-field simulations
Larry Aagesen (Idaho National Laboratory), Michael R. Tonks (University of Florida), Giovanni Pastore (University of Tennessee), Yinbin Miao (Argonne National Laboratory), Kyle A. Gamble (Idaho National Laboratory), Michael W. D. Cooper (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Benjamin Beeler (North Carolina State University), David Andersson (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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Atomistic simulations for doped UO2
Michael W. Cooper (Los Alamos National Laboratory), David A. Andersson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Christopher R. Stanek (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Christopher Matthews (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
BISON Capability and Validation for U3Si2, Cr2O3-doped UO2, FeCrAl, and Cr-coated Zircaloy ATF Concepts
Anders Andersson (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Michael W. D. Cooper (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Giovanni Pastore (University of Tennessee, Knoxville), Kyle A. Gamble (Idaho National Laboratory)
Mechanism-based modeling of deformation for post-irradiated FeCrAl steel
Laurent Capolungo (LANL)
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