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Division Spotlight
Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
Meeting Spotlight
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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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Feinstein Institutes to research novel radiation countermeasure
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, home of the research institutes of New York’s Northwell Health, announced it has received a five-year, $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the potential of human ghrelin, a naturally occurring hormone, as a medical countermeasure against radiation-induced gastrointestinal syndrome (GI-ARS).
Technical Session
Tuesday, October 5, 2021|1:20–3:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Sebastian Schunert (INL)
Session Organizers:
Benoit Forget (MIT)
William Wieselquist (ORNL)
Student Producer:
Nicholas Herring (Univ. of Michigan)
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Implementation of Generalized Incore Detector Responses in MPACT
1:20–1:45PM EDT
Erik Walker (ORNL), Shane Stimpson (ORNL), Benjamin Collins (ORNL), Andrew Godfrey (ORNL), James Eller (ORNL)
Paper
Multi-Reactor, Multicycle Optimization of Core Reload Design for an SMR Power Plant
1:45–2:10PM EDT
Ben Lilley (Oregon State Univ.), Todd S. Palmer (Oregon State Univ.)
Revisiting the Calculation of Non-Fundamental Flux Modes in a CANDU Reactor
2:10–2:35PM EDT
Alain Hebert (Polytechnique Montreal)
Innovative Multiple Energy Grid Deterministic Method to Treat Core-Reflector Interfaces
2:35–3:00PM EDT
Fiona Desplats (CEA), Pascal Archier (CEA), Jean-François Vidal (CEA), Jean-Marc Palau (CEA), Roland Lenain (CEA), Emiliano Masiello (CEA)
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