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Organized to promote the advancement of knowledge in the use of nuclear science and technologies in the aerospace application. Specialized nuclear-based technologies and applications are needed to advance the state-of-the-art in aerospace design, engineering and operations to explore planetary bodies in our solar system and beyond, plus enhance the safety of air travel, especially high speed air travel. Areas of interest will include but are not limited to the creation of nuclear-based power and propulsion systems, multifunctional materials to protect humans and electronic components from atmospheric, space, and nuclear power system radiation, human factor strategies for the safety and reliable operation of nuclear power and propulsion plants by non-specialized personnel and more.
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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
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ANS designates Armour Research Foundation Reactor as Nuclear Historic Landmark
The American Nuclear Society presented the Illinois Institute of Technology with a plaque last week to officially designate the Armour Research Foundation Reactor a Nuclear Historic Landmark, following the Society’s decision to confer the status onto the reactor in September 2024.
J. Giorla, F. Poggi, D. Galmiche, P. Seytor, R. Quach, C. Cherfils, P. Gauthier, S. Laffite, L. Masse
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 51 | Number 4 | May 2007 | Pages 514-518
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST07-A1436
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The first ignition experiments on the Laser Mégajoule facility will use an indirect drive scheme. Our A1040 point design target is a graded doped plastic capsule filled by permeation within a gold cylinder. The deuterium-tritium ice layer may be formed either by classical slow cooling at 1.5 K below triple point, or by rapid cooling at 2.3 K below triple point. To complete the specifications, we first studied the robustness to all technological defects with the current CEA capabilities for these two options of ice formation. The technological imperfections taken into account are regrouped into 1D errors, which keep the implosion spherical, and 3D errors, which induce a deformation of the shell. The 3D robustness is expressed in terms of deformation at peak velocity and compared to the deformation threshold obtained with 2D simulations. The 1D robustness is given by the probability of exceeding 50% of nominal yield. We have taken into account 22 1D parameters and the fusion energy is approximated by a neural network based on 2000 simulations. Although the studies are not finished yet, the first results show that the A1040 design with rapid cooling has sufficient margins with respect to technological defects.