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Young Members Group
The Young Members Group works to encourage and enable all young professional members to be actively involved in the efforts and endeavors of the Society at all levels (Professional Divisions, ANS Governance, Local Sections, etc.) as they transition from the role of a student to the role of a professional. It sponsors non-technical workshops and meetings that provide professional development and networking opportunities for young professionals, collaborates with other Divisions and Groups in developing technical and non-technical content for topical and national meetings, encourages its members to participate in the activities of the Groups and Divisions that are closely related to their professional interests as well as in their local sections, introduces young members to the rules and governance structure of the Society, and nominates young professionals for awards and leadership opportunities available to members.
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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Latest News
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 THD
Monday, June 17, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Jasmine F
Session Chair:
Igor A. Bolotnov (NCSU)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Sunming Qin (INL)
This session will conclude with a brief THD Awards Ceremony. Two awards for excellence in reviewing papers/summaries and a best paper award will be presented.
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Parametric Study of the CHF Occurrence During RIAs for High Burnup Fuels.
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Luiz C. Aldeia Machado (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Lise Charlot (INL)
Paper
Development of Segregated Thermal-Hydraulics Solvers in MOOSE
3:35–3:55PM PDT
Peter German (INL), Alexander D. Lindsay (INL), Mauricio E. Tano (INL), Guillaume L. Giudicelli (INL), Ramiro O. Freile (INL), Sebastian Schunert (INL)
Numerical Evaluation of Effective Thermal Conductivity of PCM with Metal Foam Incorporating Buoyancy Effects for Thermal Energy Storage
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Janghun Han (Hanyang Univ.), Junsoo Yoo (INL), Sunming Qin (INL), Minseop Song (Hanyang Univ.)
A Eulerian Framework for Modeling and Simulation of Particle Transport During Fuel Dispersal
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Avinash Moharana (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Shanbin Shi (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Simulation of Pebble Bed Conduction Cooldown Using LIGGGHTS DEM Software Package
4:35–4:55PM PDT
Andres Gomez (Purdue Univ.), John Matulis (Purdue Univ.), Hitesh Bindra (Purdue Univ.)
Preliminary Analysis of Fluid-Structure Interaction Behavior for MITR LEU Fuel Elements
4:55–5:15PM PDT
M. Sharabi (ANL), C. Bojanowski (ANL), W. Mohamed (ANL), G. Wang (ANL), M. Sitek (ANL), K. Anderson (ANL), L.-W. Hu (MIT), E. Wilson (ANL)
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