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Reactor Physics
The division's objectives are to promote the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical phenomena characterizing nuclear reactors and other nuclear systems. The division encourages research and disseminates information through meetings and publications. Areas of technical interest include nuclear data, particle interactions and transport, reactor and nuclear systems analysis, methods, design, validation and operating experience and standards. The Wigner Award heads the awards program.
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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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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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Argonne’s METL gears up to test more sodium fast reactor components
Argonne National Laboratory has successfully swapped out an aging cold trap in the sodium test loop called METL (Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop), the Department of Energy announced April 23. The upgrade is the first of its kind in the United States in more than 30 years, according to the DOE, and will help test components and operations for the sodium-cooled fast reactors being developed now.
David Murdoch, Ch. Day, M. Glugla, R.oLaesser, A.Mack, R.-D. Penzhorn, A.Busigin, K.oMaynard, O. Kveton
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 41 | Number 3 | May 2002 | Pages 1018-1022
Purification and Chemical Process | Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology Tsukuba, Japan November 12-16, 2001 | doi.org/10.13182/FST02-A22738
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The European Home Team has designed several of the key systems in the ITER Fuel Cycle and carried out R&D to validate critical features of the processing concepts adopted and components proposed. System designs for Tokamak Exhaust Processing (TEP), Storage and Delivery (SDS), Isotope Separation (ISS) and Tritium plant Analytical Systems (ANS) have been generated, with emphasis placed on measures to minimise tritium inventory. Design integration studies and dynamic simulations of tritium inventory behaviour have been performed. Recent TEP R&D has focussed on upgrading of the test loop for integrated testing of gas streams representative of all modes of operation, including tritium recovery from Plasma Facing Components (PFC s). Tests to characterise tritium inventories in PFC s and develop processes for quantitative recovery of this tritium are under way. A near ITER scale Torus Exhaust cryopump has been tested and the pumping speed design calculations validated. Tests to ensure that ISS product quality can be maintained during fluctuations in feed conditions have been successfully carried out. Construction of an ITER-scale tritium storage bed is in progress.