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Nuclear Installations Safety
Devoted specifically to the safety of nuclear installations and the health and safety of the public, this division seeks a better understanding of the role of safety in the design, construction and operation of nuclear installation facilities. The division also promotes engineering and scientific technology advancement associated with the safety of such facilities.
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
Wednesday, October 6, 2021|10:40AM–12:20PM EDT
Session Chair:
Brendan Kochunas (Univ. of Michigan)
Session Organizers:
Benoit Forget (MIT)
William Wieselquist (ORNL)
Student Producer:
K. Lisa Reed (Georgia Tech)
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Preliminary Implementation and Application of an Electrical Equivalent Circuit for Neutron Diffusion Modeling
10:40–11:05AM EDT
Naiki Kaffezakis (Georgia Institute of Technology), Dan Kotlyar (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Paper
Preliminary Investigation of Arbitrary CAD Geometry and Unstructured Mesh With 2D Method of Characteristics in MPACT
11:05–11:30AM EDT
Kyle Vaughn (Univ. of Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. of Michigan)
Development of Estimation Method for Prompt Neutron Decay Constant Using Dynamic Mode Decomposition
11:30–11:55AM EDT
Fuga Nishioka (Nagoya Univ.), Yuhei Fukui (Nagoya Univ.), Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya Univ.), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.), Masao Yamanaka (Kyoto Univ.), Cheol Ho Pyeon (Kyoto Univ.)
A Transport Corrected SP3 Solver Development with Nodal Expansion Method
11:55AM–12:20PM EDT
Yuchao Xu (NC State Univ.), Jason Hou (NC State Univ.), Kostadin Ivanov (NC State Univ.)
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