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This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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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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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.
Philip A. Anderson
Nuclear Technology | Volume 47 | Number 1 | January 1980 | Pages 173-180
Technical Paper | Radioactive Waste | doi.org/10.13182/NT80-A32420
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Simulated high-level liquid waste (HLLW) slurries were prepared by combining a series of soluble stock solutions composed of commonly available chemical reagents. The properties simulated included acidity, nitrate concentration, quantities and composition of undissolved solids, density, and viscosity of HLLW at various degrees of evaporation. Limits of concentration by evaporation and stability during storage were studied. Settling rates and particle sizes of the undissolved solids were estimated for stored HLLW. While considerable effort was expended to closely simulate actual reprocessing wastes, these data should be confirmed under actual process conditions.