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Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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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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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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NRC engineers share their expertise at the University of Puerto Rico
Robert Roche-Rivera and Marcos Rolón-Acevedo are licensed professional engineers who work at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They are also alumni of the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez (UPRM) and have been sharing their knowledge and experience with students at their alma mater since last year, serving as adjunct professors in the university’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. During the 2023–2024 school year, they each taught two courses: Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Nuclear Power Plant Engineering.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, June 10, 2020|2:30–4:15PM EDT
Session Chair:
W. Neal Mann (The University of Texas at Austin)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
N. Dianne B. Ezell (ORNL)
Staff Producer:
Daniel Goldberg (American Nuclear Society)
Energy storage systems could be integrated with nuclear power plants to increase flexibility and potentially enhance revenues. This session will cover energy storage technologies that could couple to various coolant temperatures (medium- to high-temperature) or be integral to a plant's design. Energy storage classes include, but are not limited to, electrochemical batteries, mechanical compression/liquefaction of fluids, gravitational potential energy, heat storage materials (solids, liquids, gases; single- and multi-phase fluids), and power-to-X/synfuels.
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Base-Load Light-Water Reactors with Variable Electricity Using Crushed-Rock Heat Storage and Steam Peaking Plant with High-Efficiency Steam Injectors
C. Forsberg (MIT), T. Narabayashi (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Paper
System Efficiency and Dynamic Study of Ca(OH)2/CaO Chemical Heat Pump
Aman Gupta (Univ. of Idaho), Vivek Utgikar (Univ. of Idaho), Paul D. Armatis (Oregon State Univ.), Brian M. Fronk (Oregon State Univ.), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Separating Nuclear Reactors from the Power Block with Heat Storage: A New Power Plant Design Option: Workshop Summary
Charles Forsberg (MIT), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Andrew Sowder (EPRI)
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