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Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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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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EnergySolutions to help explore advanced reactor development in Utah
Utah-based waste management company EnergySolutions announced that it has signed a memorandum of understating with the Intermountain Power Agency and the state of Utah to explore the development of advanced nuclear power generation at the Intermountain Power Project (IPP) site near Delta, Utah.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD|Cosponsored by ANSTD
Friday, December 3, 2021|3:05–4:50PM EST |Columbia 12
Session Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov
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Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni
Student Assistant:
Zachary Deziel
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Fundamental Study and Demonstration of Core Monitoring by Ex-Core Detectors Based on the Power Correlation Between Fuel Regions
3:10–3:30PM EST
Rei Kimura (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions), Yuki Nakai (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions), Satoshi Wada (Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions), Atsushi Sakon (Kindai Univ.), Tadafumi Sano (Kindai Univ.)
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Conceptual Development Methods for Heat Pipe Microreactors
3:30–3:50PM EST
Mikaela e. Blood (LANL), Alexis Maldonado (LANL), D. V. Rao (LANL)
Reactivity Control of Uranium Nitride Fueled Micro-Reactors with Burnable Poisons and Control Sliders
3:50–4:10PM EST
Aaron She (Georgia Institute of Technology), Bojan Petrovic (Georgia Institute of Technology)
New Burnable Absorber Loading Design in SMR No-Onsite Refueling Strategy Performance Assessment
4:10–4:30PM EST
Gray Chang (JFoster and Assoc.), Mie Hiruta (J Foster and Assoc.), Julie Foster (JFoster and Assoc.), Jim Harrell (Zachry Nuclear)
Design Analysis of a Micro Heat Pipe Cooled Reactor
4:30–4:50PM EST
Luay Alawneh (Texas A&M Univ.), Rodolfo Vaghetto (Texas A&M Univ.), Yassin Hassan (Texas A&M Univ.), Harold G. White (Limitless Space Institute)
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