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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 Annual Meeting
June 11–14, 2023
Indianapolis, IN|Marriott Indianapolis Downtown
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Art exhibit visits IIT
Nuclear power plant cooling towers are easily recognizable for their familiar hyperboloid shape. But an art exhibit running at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago aims to give visitors a different perspective.
The Art of the Reactor, an exhibit by the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History and hosted by IIT’s Lewis College of Science and Letters, opened on November 4 and runs until Sunday, December 4 at Hermann Hall on the IIT campus.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|8:00–9:45AM MST|Bougainvillea
Session Chair:
Eva E. Davidson (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Cenk Guler (Westinghouse)
Session Organizer:
Massimiliano Fratoni (UC Berkeley)
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Xe-100 200 MWth MCNP Reactor Core and RCCS Modeling and Analysis
8:00–8:20AM MST
Jinan Yang (X-energy), Patrick Robinson (X-energy), Gokhan Yesilyurt (X-energy), Sonat Sen (X-energy), Shawn MacIntosh (X-energy), Herman van Antwerpen (X-energy)
Summary
Uncertainty Quantification of Pebble's Discharge Burnup and Isotopic Inventory Using SCALE
8:20–8:40AM MST
Donny Hartanto (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL), Steve Skutnik (ORNL), Philip Gibbs (ORNL), Donald N. Kovacic (ORNL)
Innovative Burnable Poison Pins for Longer Cycle Length Small PWR Core
8:40–9:00AM MST
Aiman Dandi (Kyung Hee Univ.), Myung Hyun Kim (Kyung Hee Univ.)
Determination of an Initial Critical Fuel Height for a Pebble-Bed Reactor
9:00–9:20AM MST
Ryan Stewart (INL), David A. Reger (Penn State), Paolo Balestra (INL), Gerhard Strydom (INL)
Concept of Lead-Cooled Rotational Fuel-Shuffling Breed-and-Burn Fast Reactor
9:20–9:40AM MST
Odmaa Sambuu (Nat'l Univ. Mongolia), Van Khanh Hoang (Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute), Jun Nishiyama (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Toru Obara (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
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