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ANS members approve amendment adding YMG rep to board of directors
The American Nuclear Society will include a representative from the Young Members Group on its Board of Directors after ANS members voted this week overwhelmingly in favor of amending Article B6 of the ANS bylaws. The change was mandated by Objective Outcome 5 of the ANS Change Plan 2020.
To keep the number of directors at 16, the approved amendment decreased the number of non–U.S. resident directors from three to two.
B. A. Engholm
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 4 | Number 2 | September 1983 | Pages 381-386
Neutronics and Shielding | dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A22894
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Neutronics analysis for the TFTR Lithium Blanket Module (LBM) design included 1-D, 2-D, and 3-D exploratory calculations culminating in reference noncoupled and coupled Monte Carlo calculations of fluxes, tritium production, and foil responses throughout the module for both D-T and D-D plasmas. ,Neutron flux and tritium production were shown to be quite flat across the module, validating the choice of a 10-cm-radius central test region. A Monte Carlo perturbation routine was extensively used for modeling studies. The front-face fusion fluence and central region tritium production can be calculated to better than ±15% uncertainty overall.
