ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.
Division Spotlight
Robotics & Remote Systems
The Mission of the Robotics and Remote Systems Division is to promote the development and application of immersive simulation, robotics, and remote systems for hazardous environments for the purpose of reducing hazardous exposure to individuals, reducing environmental hazards and reducing the cost of performing work.
Meeting Spotlight
ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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!
Latest Magazine Issues
Feb 2025
Jul 2024
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
March 2025
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
February 2025
Latest News
Colin Judge: Testing structural materials in Idaho’s newest hot cell facility
Idaho National Laboratory’s newest facility—the Sample Preparation Laboratory (SPL)—sits across the road from the Hot Fuel Examination Facility (HFEF), which started operating in 1975. SPL will host the first new hot cells at INL’s Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) in 50 years, giving INL researchers and partners new flexibility to test the structural properties of irradiated materials fresh from the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) or from a partner’s facility.
Materials meant to withstand extreme conditions in fission or fusion power plants must be tested under similar conditions and pushed past their breaking points so performance and limitations can be understood and improved. Once irradiated, materials samples can be cut down to size in SPL and packaged for testing in other facilities at INL or other national laboratories, commercial labs, or universities. But they can also be subjected to extreme thermal or corrosive conditions and mechanical testing right in SPL, explains Colin Judge, who, as INL’s division director for nuclear materials performance, oversees SPL and other facilities at the MFC.
SPL won’t go “hot” until January 2026, but Judge spoke with NN staff writer Susan Gallier about its capabilities as his team was moving instruments into the new facility.
Technical Session
Monday, October 4, 2021|5:30–7:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Yaqi Wang (INL)
Session Organizer:
Todd J. Urbatsch
Student Producer:
William Dawn (NC State Univ.)
To access the session recording, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
Register NowLog In
To access paper attachments, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
Recent Advances of the FENNECS NEutroniCS Code for Safety Assessment of (v)SMR, Generation IV and Other Innovative Concepts
5:30–5:35PM EDT
A. Seubert (Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit), J. Bousquet (Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit), R. Henry (Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit)
Paper
Reference
Development of an OpenFOAM interface for ENRICO
5:35–5:40PM EDT
Lance Bullerwell (NC State Univ.), Patrick Shriwise (ANL), Paul Romano (ANL), Ron Rahaman (ANL), Jason Hou (NC State Univ.)
Modeling of Koeberg Power Plant: Generation of Nominal and Perturbed Nuclear Data With Polaris for PARCS Simulations
5:40–5:45PM EDT
Pascal Rouxelin (NC State Univ.), Agustin Abarca (NC State Univ.), Maria Avramova (NC State Univ.), Margaret Mkhosi (Centre for Nuclear Safety and Security), Ian Korir (Centre for Nuclear Safety and Security)
Analysis of Rod Ejection Accident in Cycle 23 of Koeberg NPP with PARCS and CTF/PARCS
5:45–5:50PM EDT
A. Abarca (NC State Univ.), C. Takasugi (NC State Univ.), R. Tshipuke (NC State Univ.), P. Rouxelin (NC State Univ.), M. Avramova (NC State Univ.), M. Mkhosi (Centre for Nuclear Safety and Security), I. Korir (Centre for Nuclear Safety and Security)
Implementation of Dynamic Monte Carlo Simulation in iMC and Multi-Physics Analysis on Advanced Fuel Element
5:50–5:55PM EDT
HyeonTae Kim (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
On the Creation of the New ENDF/B-VIII.0 Covariance Library for SCALE Applications With AMPX
5:55–6:00PM EDT
F. Bostelmann (ORNL), A. M. Holcomb (ORNL), D. Wiarda (ORNL), W.A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Attachment
Sensitivity Analysis and Its Convergence Through Monte Carlo Calculations for the UAM GEN-III Benchmark: Application to Power Distributions
6:00–6:05PM EDT
P. Lopez (Univ. Grenoble-Alpes), A. Bidaud (Univ. Grenoble-Alpes)
Reference — Poster PDF
Revisiting the Lockwood Albedo Measurements for Validation of the Integrated Tiger Series Electron-Photon Transport Code
6:05–6:10PM EDT
Rowdy Davis (Univ. of New Mexico), Ronald P. Kensek (Sandia), Christopher M. Perfetti (Univ. of New Mexico), Aaron Olson (Sandia)
Reference — Poster
Uncertainty Quantification and Sensitivity Analysis of PWR FA Decay Heat by STREAM/RAST-K
6:10–6:15PM EDT
Jaerim Jang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), Chidong Kong (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), Bamidele Ebiwonjumi (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), Yunki Jo (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), Alexey Cherezov (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), Deokjung Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology)
Acceleration of Nodal Diffusion Calculations Using Machine Learning-Driven Generation of Homogenized Macroscopic Cross-Sections
6:15–6:20PM EDT
Siarhei Dzianisau (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), Jiwon Choe (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), Alexey Cherezov (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), Deokjung Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology)
Developing Covert Cognizance (C2) for Industrial Control Systems
6:20–6:25PM EDT
Arvind Sundaram (Purdue Univ.), Hany S. Abdel-Khalik (Purdue Univ.)
Application of Deep Neural Networks for Coarse Mesh Turbulence Modeling in Reactor Transients Analysis
6:25–6:30PM EDT
Yang Liu (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL), Prasanna Balaprakash (ANL), Acacia Brunett (ANL), Aleksandr Obabko (ANL)
A Phase Field Model for Hydrothermal Corrosion in Silicon Carbide
6:30–6:35PM EDT
Anant Raj (NC State Univ.), Jacob Eapen (NC State Univ.)
Phononica: A Phonon Dynamics Simulator
6:35–6:40PM EDT
To join the conversation, you must be logged in and registered for the meeting.
