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The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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State legislation: Illinois bill aims to lift state’s remaining nuclear moratorium
A bill that would fully repeal the state’s entire moratorium on new nuclear projects survived a key deadline in the Illinois General Assembly last week.
To stay afloat in the spring legislative session, bills needed to be assigned to committee by March 21, and state Sen. Sue Rezin’s Senate Bill 1527 now sits with the Senate’s Energy and Public Utilities committee for review.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Friday, December 3, 2021|8:00–9:45AM EST |Columbia 9
Session Chair:
Lane B. Carasik
Session Organizer:
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)
Paper
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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