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Radiation Protection & Shielding
The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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Materials in Nuclear Energy Systems (MiNES 2023)
December 10–14, 2023
New Orleans, LA|New Orleans Marriott
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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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Argonne assists advanced reactor development with award-winning safety software
The development of modern nuclear reactor technologies relies heavily on complex software codes and computer simulations to support the design, construction, and testing of physical hardware systems. These tools allow for rigorous testing of theory and thorough verification of design under various use or transient power scenarios.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Friday, December 3, 2021|8:00–9:45AM EST |Columbia 9
Session Chair:
Lane B. Carasik
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Alternate Chair:
Meryem Murphy
Student Assistant:
Erika Smith
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Ex-Vessel Heat Sinks for Fission Battery Decay-Heat Removal
8:05–8:25AM EST
Charles Forsberg (MIT), Ruaridh Macdonald (MIT)
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Simulation and Analysis of a Prototypical Bubble Separator for Molten Salt Reactor
8:25–8:45AM EST
Jiaqi Chen (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), C. S. Brooks (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Flattening the Radial Temperature Profile Across the Transformational Challenge Reactor Core
8:45–9:05AM EST
Casey J. Jesse (INL), Justin Weinmeister (ORNL), Prashant Jain (ORNL), Brian J. Ade (ORNL)
MARS-KS 3D Full Core Subchannel Analysis Module Development Using CTF Code: Implicit Pressure Coupling and Parallel Processing
9:05–9:25AM EST
N.H. Hoang (Environment and Energy Technology), Y.K. Kwack (Environment and Energy Technology), Y.S. Kim (Environment and Energy Technology), J.H. Kim (Environment and Energy Technology), S.K. Sim (Environment and Energy Technology)
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