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Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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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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Former NRC commissioners lend support to efforts to eliminate mandatory hearings
A group of nine former nuclear regulatory commissioners sent a letter Wednesday to the current Nuclear Regulatory Commission members lending support to efforts to get rid of mandatory hearings in the licensing process, which should speed up the process by three to six months and save millions of dollars.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Sonoran 7
Session Chair:
Zeyun Wu (VCU)
Alternate Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov
Session Organizer:
Massimiliano Fratoni (UC Berkeley)
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Results of Nuclear Testing After Core Internals Changeout #6 in the Advanced Test Reactor
1:00–1:20PM MST
Nathan Manwaring (INL), Daren Norman (INL), Andrew Maile (INL)
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MSRE Reactivity Insertion Test Benchmark Using SAM
1:20–1:40PM MST
T. Fei (ANL), T. Hua (ANL), B. Feng (ANL)
Advances in the ROSA-BWR Core Design Optimization Code
1:40–2:00PM MST
Matteo Gamarino (NRG), Pieter H. Wakker (NRG), Jesper Kierkegaard (Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel)
A Review of the Status of the Evaluated Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiments Project
2:00–2:20PM MST
Mark D. DeHart (INL), John D. Bess (JFoster & Assoc.), Tatiana Ivanova (OECD NEA), Ian Hill (OECD NEA)
Quantitative Score for Benchmark Selection for Criticality Safety
2:20–2:40PM MST
Jeongwon Seo (Purdue), Hany Abdel-Khalik (Purdue)
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