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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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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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ARPA-E announces $40 million to develop transmutation technologies for UNF
The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) announced $40 million in funding to develop cutting-edge technologies to enable the transmutation of used nuclear fuel into less-radioactive substances. According to ARPA-E, the new initiative addresses one of the agency’s core goals as outlined by Congress: to provide transformative solutions to improve the management, cleanup, and disposal of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Thermal Hydraulics Analysis and Testing
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Palm H
Session Chair:
Thanh Hua (ANL)
Alternate Chair:
Mauricio E. Tano (INL)
Session Organizers:
Hiroyuki Yoshida (Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Caleb S. Brooks (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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A Performance and Scalability Analysis of the Hydrodynamic Molten Salt Lubricated Bearings
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Yuqi Liu (Univ. New Mexico), Shuai Che (Univ. Michigan), Adam Burak (Univ. Michigan), Bao Nguyen (Univ. New Mexico), Minghui Chen (Univ. New Mexico)
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System-Level Tritium Transport Modeling Capability in SAM
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Travis Mui (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL), Quan Zhou (Kairos Power), Thanh Hua (ANL), Ling Zou (ANL)
Effect of Two-Phase Throttling on Performance of a Large Scale Water-Based RCCS
1:40–2:00PM PDT
Qiuping Lv (ANL), Matthew Jasica (ANL), Darius Lisowski (ANL), Zhiee Jhia Ooi (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL), Mitch Farmer (ANL)
Preliminary Scaling Analysis for Containment Vessel of Integral Effect Test Facility for i-SMR
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Jin-Hwa Yang (KAERI), Byoung-Uhn Bae (KAERI), Hwang Bae (KAERI), Kyoung-Ho Kang (KAERI)
Interface Capturing Simulations and Analysis of Boiling Phenomenon in Complex Geometries
2:20–2:40PM PDT
Christopher B. Landis (NCSU), Anna Iskhakova (NCSU), Yoshiyuki Kondo (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Koichi Tanimoto (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries), Nam T. Dinh (NCSU), Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)
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