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Reactor Physics
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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2023 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 12–15, 2023
Washington, D.C.|Washington Hilton
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NRC moves ahead on HALEU enrichment, rulemaking, and guidance
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is requesting comments on the regulatory basis for a proposed rule for light water reactor fuel designs featuring high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU), including accident tolerant fuel (ATF) designs, and on draft guidance for the environmental evaluation of ATFs containing uranium enriched up to 8 percent U-235. Some of the HALEU feedstock for those LWR fuels and for advanced reactor fuels could be produced within the first Category II fuel facility licensed by the NRC—Centrus Energy’s American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio. On September 21, the NRC approved the start of enrichment operations in the plant’s modest 16-machine HALEU demonstration cascade.
14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators
Technical Session
Thursday, December 2, 2021|3:05–4:50PM EST |Jefferson
Session Chair:
Valeriia Starovoitova (IAEA)
Session Organizer:
Carol Johnstone
Student Assistant:
Jaden Miller
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Transformative Beam Technologies for FLASH Radiotherapy
3:10–3:30PM EST
Reinhard W. Schulte (Loma Linda University)
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A High-intensity, Low-energy Muon Beam User Facility
3:30–3:50PM EST
Carol Johnstone (Fermi National Accelerator Lab), T. Bouwens (Fermilab), A. Mazzacane (Fermilab), J. Rupsis (Fermilab)
Progress Towards a Rapid Radio-Frequency 3D Beam Scanner for Hadron Therapy
3:50–4:10PM EST
Emilio Nanni (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University), G. Bowden (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), V. Dolgashev (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), Z. Li (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), X. Lu (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), D. Palmer (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), E. Snively (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), S. Tantawi (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory), B. Faddegon (UCSF), J. Mendez (UCSF), R. Schulte (LLU)
Therapy, Experiments for Life Sciences and Radiation Hardness Tests at the HZB Cyclotron
4:10–4:30PM EST
A. Denker (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), J. Bundesmann (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), A. Dittwald (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), T. Fanselow (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), D. Hildebrand (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), G. Kourkafas (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), S. Seidel (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), J. Röhrich (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), D. Cordini (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin), J. Heufelder (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin), R. Stark (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin), A. Weber (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
ESCORT: Energy Sweep Compact Rapid Cyclic Hadron Therapy
4:30–4:50PM EST
Leo Kwee Wah (Malaysian Nuclear Agency), Ken Takayama (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization), Toshikazu Adachi (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization), Tadamichi Kawakubo (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization), Tanuja Dixit (Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering & Research)
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