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Division Spotlight
Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
Meeting Spotlight
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
Standards Program
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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Pacific Fusion predicts “1,000-fold leap” in performance, net facility gain by 2030
Inertial fusion energy (IFE) developer Pacific Fusion, based in Fremont, Calif., announced this morning that it is on target to achieve net facility gain—more fusion energy out than all energy stored in the system—with a demonstration system by 2030, and backs the claim with a technical paper published yesterday on arXiv: “Affordable, manageable, practical, and scalable (AMPS) high-yield and high-gain inertial fusion.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|8:00–9:45AM PDT|Jasmine A
Session Chair:
Andrew R. Griffith
Alternate Chair:
Joshua R. Turner
Session Organizer:
Jean-Francois Lucchini
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Evaluation of HLW-Repository Under Multiple Earthquake Occurrences: (1) Risk Distribution
8:00–8:20AM PDT
Karyoung Choi (Kyung-Hee Univ.), Kibeom Son (Kyung-Hee Univ.), Gyunyoung Heo (Kyung-Hee Univ.)
Paper
Evaluation of HLW-Repository Under Multiple Earthquake Occurrences: (2) Peak Risk Probability
8:20–8:40AM PDT
Minseok Kim (Kyung-Hee Univ.), Karyoung Choi (Kyung-Hee Univ.), Gyunyoung Heo (Kyung-Hee Univ.)
Thermal Expansion of Uranium Mononitride
8:40–9:00AM PDT
Natalie S. Yaw (Washington State), Emma C. Kindall (Washington State), Arjen van Veelen (LANL), Malin C. Dixon Wilkins (Washington State), Sam Karcher (Washington State), Bryn Merrill (Washington State), Graham King (Canadian Light Source), John S. McCloy (Washington State), Joshua T. White (LANL), Xiaofeng Guo (Washington State)
Impact of LWR Assembly Structural Features on Cladding Burst Behavior Under LOCA Conditions
9:00–9:20AM PDT
Daniel Schappel (ORNL), Nathan Capps (ORNL)
The Philosophy Behind Consent Based Siting Efforts with NC State
9:20–9:30AM PDT
Robert B. Hayes (NCSU), Melody G. Polk (NCSU)
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees)
Progress Towards Chloride-Based Volatility Separations for Recovery of Uranium from Used Nuclear Fuel
9:30–9:40AM PDT
Aaron Unger (TerraPower), Katie McBride (TerraPower), SeungMin Lee (TerraPower), Pradeep Perera (TerraPower), Sayandev Chatterjee (TerraPower), Perry Motsegood (TerraPower)
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