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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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Ariz. governor vetoes “fast track” bill for nuclear
Gov. Katie Hobbs put the brakes on legislation that would have eliminated some of Arizona’s regulations and oversight of small modular reactors, technology that is largely under consideration by data centers and heavy industrial power users.
J. T. Kriese, C. E. Siewert, Y. Yener
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 50 | Number 1 | January 1973 | Pages 3-9
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE73-A22582
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The elementary solutions of the two-group neutron-transport equation are used to solve critical problems for finite slabs and spheres. The half-range orthogonality properties of the basic eigenvectors are used, along with the fundamental H -matrix, to reduce the encountered system of singular integral equations to a system of Fredholm-type equations, and these final equations are solved iteratively to yield accurate predictions of the two-group values of the extrapolated endpoint and critical dimensions for a selected set of slabs and spheres.
