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Division Spotlight
Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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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TerraPower begins U.K. regulatory approval process
Seattle-based TerraPower signaled its interest this week in building its Natrium small modular reactor in the United Kingdom, the company announced.
TerraPower sent a letter to the U.K.’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, formally establishing its intention to enter the U.K. generic design assessment (GDA) process. This is TerraPower’s first step in deployment of its Natrium technology—a 345-MW sodium fast reactor coupled with a molten salt energy storage unit—on the international stage.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by OPD
Monday, June 12, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|Tennessee
Session Chair:
Hitesh Bindra
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Piyush Sabharwall
Pervasive penetration of renewable generation can cause instability in the energy infrastructure and thus require distributed and dispatchable backup clean energy generation and storage. For a stable distributed smart grid, nuclear power systems with integrated energy storage are needed. Many possible technology options exist for storing either the thermal energy from the nuclear plant or electricity from the turbine in the power cycle, each with advantages and disadvantages. The adoption of particular energy storage options is largely dependent upon the scale of energy generation, ease of integration, and the end-use. In addition to providing dispatchable electricity, other applications of energy storage systems include building heating-cooling, industrial process heat, charging electric vehicles, etc. This panel includes well-known experts in the field of energy storage and nuclear hybrid systems from industry, national laboratories, and academia to discuss the state of demonstration and development of energy storage technologies.
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