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Division Spotlight
Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
Meeting Spotlight
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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
ARPA-E announces $40 million to develop transmutation technologies for UNF
The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) announced $40 million in funding to develop cutting-edge technologies to enable the transmutation of used nuclear fuel into less-radioactive substances. According to ARPA-E, the new initiative addresses one of the agency’s core goals as outlined by Congress: to provide transformative solutions to improve the management, cleanup, and disposal of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) SPeaker
Co-founder
GenH
Robert Freda is a designer and technologist. He co-founded clean energy hydroelectric start-up, GenH. He is an MIT research affiliate with CANES and former creative director at Polo Ralph Lauren. Robert has won national awards in design (CFDA Men's, Pratt NTS Architecture) and holds multiple patents in energy generation technologies and associated systems. He has contributed to state of the art in n-dimensional matrix analysis & compression and momentum theory for fluid energy extraction in confined channels. Rob has published in the art on fluid dynamics, best practice market strategies, and system architectures for IPTV/wireless converged networks. He has been the designer for scale ($2+ billion) business units and built new brands in luxury markets. His area of expertise in energy systems is modular systems' techno-economic design, its application to nuclear energy and redesigned renewable energy in combined systems, and its competitive advantage in market, risk, and socio-economic dimensions.
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