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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.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
Standards Program
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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Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference (ANTPC 2023)
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EST|Lincoln East
Session Chair:
Steve Skutnik (ORNL)
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Radiochemical Transport Analysis to Identify Potential Safeguards Approaches for MSRs
10:00–10:20AM EST
Shayan Shahbazi (ANL), Scott Richards (ANL), Luke Seifert (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Sean Martinson (ANL), Zachery S. Beauvais (ANL)
Paper
Development and Assessment of Sensors for Solid Phase Monitoring in Molten Salts
10:20–10:40AM EST
Nora A. Shaheen (ANL), Laura E. Maggos (ANL), Jonas E. Siegel (ANL), Nathaniel C. Hoyt (ANL)
Design and Optimization of an Aerosol Optical Cell for Spectroscopy Analysis for Molten Salt Reactor Safeguards
10:40–11:00AM EST
Juan Avila (Florida Int'l Univ.), Ammon Williams (INL), Ruchi Gakhar (INL), Qiufeng Yang (INL)
Chemometric Analysis for On-Line Monitoring of Complex Molten Salt Chemistry
11:00–11:20AM EST
Shirmir D. Branch (PNNL), Heather M. Felmy (PNNL), Adan S. Medina (PNNL), Samuel A. Bryan (PNNL), Amanda M. Lines (PNNL)
Online Molten Salt Reactor Sampling Approach Using Laser and Optical Spectroscopy Techniques in Molten Salt Aerosol
11:20–11:40AM EST
Ammon Williams (INL), Ruchi Gakhar (INL), Qiufeng Yang (INL), Juan Avila (Florida Int'l Univ.), Igor Jovanovic (Univ. Michigan), Milos Burger (Univ. Michigan), Londrea Garrett (Univ. Michigan)
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