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Division members promote the advancement of mathematical and computational methods for solving problems arising in all disciplines encompassed by the Society. They place particular emphasis on numerical techniques for efficient computer applications to aid in the dissemination, integration, and proper use of computer codes, including preparation of computational benchmark and development of standards for computing practices, and to encourage the development on new computer codes and broaden their use.
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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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ANS designates Armour Research Foundation Reactor as Nuclear Historic Landmark
The American Nuclear Society presented the Illinois Institute of Technology with a plaque last week to officially designate the Armour Research Foundation Reactor a Nuclear Historic Landmark, following the Society’s decision to confer the status onto the reactor in September 2024.
Jitze Bergsma, Robert B. Helmholdt, Roel J. Heijboer
Nuclear Technology | Volume 71 | Number 3 | December 1985 | Pages 597-607
Technical Paper | Radioactive Waste Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT85-A33682
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
For a series of configurations of high-level waste (HLW) storage in a salt repository, gamma transport and deposition have been calculated together with the heating of the salt around waste containers. These time-dependent data were used to calculate colloid growth due to irradiation using a theory by Jain and Lidiard. The results show that by a proper choice of storage parameters the colloid fraction can be limited to a few percent. Overpacking by a few centimetres of steel will reduce the amount to <1%. With the methods described a safe and economic design of HLW containers for final disposal will be possible.
