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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.
Meeting Spotlight
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2023)
February 6–9, 2023
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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Fusion energy radwaste management considerations
The question of what to do with the radioactive waste has been raised frequently for both fission and fusion. In the 1970s, fusion adopted the land-based disposal option, primarily based on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s decision to regulate all radioactive wastes as only a disposal issue, following the fission guidelines. In the early 2000s, members of the Advanced Research Innovation and Evaluation Study (ARIES) national team became increasingly aware of the high amount of mildly radioactive materials that 1-GWe fusion power plants will generate, compared with the current line of fission reactors. The main concern is that such a sizable inventory of mostly tritiated radioactive materials would tend to rapidly fill U.S. repositories—a serious issue that was overlooked in early fusion studies1 that could influence the public acceptability of fusion energy and will certainly become more significant in the immediate future if left unaddressed, as fusion moves toward commercialization.
14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators
Technical Session
Thursday, December 2, 2021|1:00–2:45PM EST |Lincoln East
Session Chair:
Yongqiang Wang (LANL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Philip L. Cole
Student Assistant:
Mereym Murphy
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Investigating Radiation Effects in Materials using State-of-the-Art Particle Accelerators
1:05–1:25PM EST
Devon Drey (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Maik Lang (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Eric O'Quinn (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Will Cureton (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), Changyong Park (ANL), David Sprouster (State Univ. of New York), Joerg Neuefeind (ORNL), Christina Trautmann (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung)
Summary
Application of Particle Accelerators to the Degradation of Materials in the Nuclear Reactor Core Environment
1:25–1:45PM EST
Gary S. Was (Univ. of Michigan)
The coupled effects of irradiation and corrosion on materials
1:45–2:05PM EST
Blas P. Uberuaga (LANL)
Ultra-high temperature ion irradiation effects in nuclear materials
2:05–2:25PM EST
Di Chen (Univ. of Houston)
Effects of Carbon and DPA Rates on Void Nucleation in Self-Ion-Irradiated Pure Iron
2:25–2:45PM EST
Zhihan Hu (TAMU), Lin Shao (TAMU)
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