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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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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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Canada clears Darlington to produce Lu-177 and Y-90
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has amended Ontario Power Generation’s power reactor operating license for Darlington nuclear power plant to authorize the production of the medical radioisotopes lutetium-177 and yttrium-90.
E. Yatsuka, H. Kato, D. Sakata, J. Morikawa, Y. Ogawa, N. Yanagi, T. Mito (19P35)
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 51 | Number 2 | February 2007 | Pages 310-312
Technical Paper | Open Magnetic Systems for Plasma Confinement | doi.org/10.13182/FST07-A1385
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The possibility of mode conversion from electromagnetic wave to electron Bernstein wave is investigated for plasmas confined with in an internal coil device Mini-RT. A steep density gradient, which plays an important role for the EBW mode conversion, is produced at the plasma peripheral region by changing confined magnetic configuration. When the electron density gradient is steep at the upper hybrid resonance layer, electron temperature has a peak near the top of the electron density slope. This consistent to be due to the mode conversion to EBW and associate heating.
