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Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences
The mission of the Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences (DES) Division is to promote the development and use of those skills and technologies associated with the use of nuclear energy and the optimal management and stewardship of the environment, sustainable development, decommissioning, remediation, reutilization, and long-term surveillance and maintenance of nuclear-related installations, and sites. The target audience for this effort is the membership of the Division, the Society, and the public at large.
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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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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 OPD
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|1:00–2:45PM PDT|San Simeon A
Session Chair:
Temi Adeyeye (NuScale Power)
Alternate Chair:
Tejaswini Vaidya (Univ. Idaho)
Session Organizer:
W. Neal Mann (ANL)
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Proposed Ranking Framework for Advanced Reactors and Molten Salt Thermal Energy Storage
Jaron Wallace (Brigham Young Univ.), C. J. Hirschi (Brigham Young Univ.), Matthew Memmott (Brigham Young Univ.)
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Replacing Crude Oil with Nuclear-Assisted Biofuels
C.W. Forsberg (MIT), B.E. Dale (Michigan State Univ.)
A High Temperature Gas Reactor Integrated Energy System Using Energy Storage as a Buffer for Hydrogen Production
Daniel Mikkelson (INL), Konor Frick (INL)
A Techno-Economic Analysis of Chemical Heat Pumps Coupled with Conventional Nuclear Reactors for Integrated Energy Systems
Aman Gupta (Univ. Idaho), Paul D. Armatis (Oregon State ), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Brian M. Fronk (Oregon State ), Vivek Utgikar (Univ. Idaho)
The Techno-Economics of a Chemical-Absorption Heat Pump for Heat Upgrade in an Integrated Energy System
Paul D. Armatis (Oregon State ), Aman Gupta (Univ. Idaho), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Vivek Utgikar (Univ. Idaho), Brian M. Fronk (Oregon State )
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