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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
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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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
Tuesday, October 5, 2021|10:40AM–12:20PM EDT
Session Chair:
Jean Ragusa (Texas A&M Univ.)
Session Organizer:
Dmitriy Y. Anistratov (NC State Univ.)
Student Producer:
Khaldoon Al-Dawood (NC State Univ.)
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Unifying the Finite Element and Nodal Expansion Methods Under the Weighted Residuals Framework
10:40–11:05AM EDT
Matt Kabelitz (Univ. of Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. of Michigan)
Paper
Spatial Discretization Error Estimators on Three Realistic Geometry Case Studies
11:05–11:30AM EDT
Nathan H. Hart (LANL), Yousry Y. Azmy (NC State Univ.)
Two-Dimensional Source Estimation Problems Using an ADO-Nodal Solution to the Adjoint Transport Equation
11:30–11:55AM EDT
C.B. Pazinatto (Instituto Federal de Educacao), L. B. Barichello (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)
Extending Gout's Wachspress Finite Elements on Regular Hexagons to Higher Orders
11:55AM–12:20PM EDT
David Labeurthre (CEA), Ansar Calloo (CEA), Romain Le Tellier (CEA)
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