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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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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Orano Med expands its Texas Pb-212 R&D center
Orano Group subsidiary Orano Med, a developer of targeted alpha therapies for oncology, inaugurated the expansion of its main research and development center located in Plano, Texas. The facility is used in the development of radiopharmaceuticals and for conducting preclinical research focused on targeted alpha therapies using lead-212, an alpha-emitting radioisotope that has shown promise in treating various types of cancer.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|10:00–11:45AM MST|Sonoran 7
Session Chair:
Zeyun Wu (VCU)
Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni (UC Berkeley)
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Verification of Diffusion Solver with Equivalent Transport Factors on PWR Assembly Models
10:00–10:20AM MST
Muhammad Rizki Oktavian (Purdue), Oscar Lastres (Purdue), Yunlin Xu (Purdue)
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Discrete Element Method Investigation of Reflector Dimples for a General Pebble Bed Reactor Design
10:20–10:40AM MST
David Reger (Penn State), Paolo Balestra (INL), Ryan Stewart (INL), Gerhard Strydom (INL), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
Application of Two-Node Discontinuity Factor for Improving Accuracy of Nodal Calculation
10:40–11:00AM MST
HwanYeal Yu (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel), Joo-Ill Yoon (KEPCO Nuclear Fuel)
Real Variance Estimation in the iDTMC-Based Depletion Analysis Using Correlated Sampling
11:00–11:20AM MST
Inyup Kim (KAIST), Inhyung Kim (Univ. California, Berkeley), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
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