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Hash Hashemian: Visionary leadership
As Dr. Hashem M. “Hash” Hashemian prepares to step into his term as President of the American Nuclear Society, he is clear that he wants to make the most of this unique moment.
A groundswell in public approval of nuclear is finding a home in growing governmental support that is backed by a tailwind of technological innovation. “Now is a good time to be in nuclear,” Hashemian said, as he explained the criticality of this moment and what he hoped to accomplish as president.
Aaron T. Aoyama, Mohamad Dagher, Russell Feder, Michael Duco, Mahmoud Youssef
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 60 | Number 2 | August 2011 | Pages 830-834
Computational Tools, Modeling & Validation | Proceedings of the Nineteenth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) (Part 2) | doi.org/10.13182/FST11-A12489
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Neutron transport modeling of the ITER reactor structure including modeling the impact of potential neutron streaming along the divertor cassette requires a detailed 3-D CAD solid model of the ITER sector. An all-inclusive, full-scale CAD geometry model of a 40 degree section of the ITER reactor structure was developed for analytical use with the ATTILATM radiation transport code. The source geometry and model used was the reference 1/10th scale A-LITE 3 model provided by the ITER Project Office for radiation transport calculations. Model upscaling, examination, CAD-based cleanup and modifications were performed on each component using the commercial CAD software, SolidWorks. Based on the modified components a new full scale solid model of the ITER section including divertor cassettes was developed in order to ease the implementation of additional diagnostic components being designed by various parties.Geometry repair and modification operations were performed with the goal of obtaining a Parasolid model that would successfully import into and mesh in ATTILA. Many components were re-modeled in order to avoid faulty geometry entities that were identified after the scaling to full-size. This paper will discuss the development of this A-LITE CAD model, and its meshing in ATTILA.