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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.
K. J. Hofstetter, W. B. Stroube, Jr.,+ B. C. Henderson, G. A. Huff
Nuclear Technology | Volume 49 | Number 3 | August 1980 | Pages 443-457
Technical Paper | Fuel Cycle | doi.org/10.13182/NT80-A17692
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The on-line and process radiation monitoring capability at the Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant has been evaluated. Experiments have been performed to test the monitors’ capability to assay plant streams. Several of the monitors have been subjected to evaluation experiments in the laboratory to determine sensitivity, accuracy, reliability, and overall system performance. The incorporation of many of these monitors into a real-time or near-real-time material control system is under way. Many of the monitors have been tested for operability in situ and the results of these tests indicate satisfactory performance over the intended sensitivity ranges. An effort is under way to develop new nondestructive assay techniques for on-line monitoring of special nuclear materials present in the process streams of a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant.