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The Young Members Group works to encourage and enable all young professional members to be actively involved in the efforts and endeavors of the Society at all levels (Professional Divisions, ANS Governance, Local Sections, etc.) as they transition from the role of a student to the role of a professional. It sponsors non-technical workshops and meetings that provide professional development and networking opportunities for young professionals, collaborates with other Divisions and Groups in developing technical and non-technical content for topical and national meetings, encourages its members to participate in the activities of the Groups and Divisions that are closely related to their professional interests as well as in their local sections, introduces young members to the rules and governance structure of the Society, and nominates young professionals for awards and leadership opportunities available to members.
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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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DOE opens pilot program to authorize test reactors outside national labs
Details of the plan to test new reactor concepts under the Department of Energy’s authority but outside national laboratory boundaries—first outlined in one of the four executive orders on nuclear energy released on May 23—were just released in a request for applications issued by the DOE.
Mitsuhiro Aoyagi, Satoshi Ito, Shinji Ebara, Takeo Muroga, Hidetoshi Hashizume
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 60 | Number 1 | July 2011 | Pages 283-287
In-Vessel Components - FW, Blanket, Shield & VV | Proceedings of the Nineteenth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) (Part 1) | doi.org/10.13182/FST11-A12366
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A thermo-fluid simulation was conducted to clarify heat transfer properties and then to show a design window of the first wall of a Li/V blanket with three-surface-multi-coated channels. Channel dimensions were treated as parameters and their effects on the heat transfer properties and the design window were discussed in the various heat flux of 0.8 to 1.2 MW/m2. In the simulation, the magnetic field of 1 and 10T was assumed in order to investigate how the velocity profiles affect the heat transfer performance. The MHD flow was supposed to be two-dimensional-fully-developed laminar flow. Three-dimensional heat-transfer simulation was conducted with assumption of one-side heating by the constant heat flux on the first wall by using the flow field obtained by the 2D flow analysis. It was found that effects of the flow distributions were small on the heat transfer. The channel height, however, affects the heat transfer characteristics so much and the design window is shown to be limited to relatively small channel dimensions due to the induced stress in the first wall.