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The division's objectives are to promote the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical phenomena characterizing nuclear reactors and other nuclear systems. The division encourages research and disseminates information through meetings and publications. Areas of technical interest include nuclear data, particle interactions and transport, reactor and nuclear systems analysis, methods, design, validation and operating experience and standards. The Wigner Award heads the awards program.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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NRC begins special inspection at Hope Creek
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is conducting a special inspection at Hope Creek nuclear plant in New Jersey to investigate the cause of repeated inoperability of one of the plant’s emergency diesel generators, the agency announced in a February 25 news release.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fundamental Irradiation Damage
Thursday, December 14, 2023|8:00–9:40AM CST|Galerie 6
Session Chair:
Flyura Djurabekova (Univ. Helsinki)
Track Organizers:
Steve Zinkle (University of Tennessee & Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Mitra Taheri (Johns Hopkins University)
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Analysis of Deuterium and Defects in Tungsten by Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy and Nuclear Reaction Analysis in Channeling Configuration
8:00–8:40AM CST
S. Markelj (Jožef Stefan Institute), M. Kelemen (Jožef Stefan Institute), E. Punzón-Quijorna (Jožef Stefan Institute), T. Schwarz-Selinger (Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik), X. Jin (Univ. Helsinki), F. Djurabekova (Univ. Helsinki), K. Nordlund (Univ. Helsinki), J. Zavasnik (Jožef Stefan Institute), A. Sestan (Jožef Stefan Institute), M.L. Crespillo (Center for Micro Analysis of Materials), G. Garcia López (Center for Micro Analysis of Materials), R. Heller (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
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Investigating Radiation Damage via a Novel XRD Technique, Convolutional Multiple Whole Profile (CMWP)
8:40–9:00AM CST
Kavi Sharma (Univ. Sheffield), Helen Swan (National Nuclear Laboratory), Tamas Ungar (Univ. Manchester), Susan Morgan (National Nuclear Laboratory), Lewis Owen (Univ. Sheffield), Amy Gandy (Univ. Sheffield)
In-situ Electrochemical Studies of the Effects of Irradiation with a Bremsstrahlung X-Ray Source on the Post-Transition Corrosion of Zircaloy-4
9:00–9:20AM CST
D.M. Bartels (Univ. Notre Dame), D.C. Martin (Univ. Notre Dame), B. Ensor (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), D.M. Rishel (Naval Nuclear Laboratory (retired)), S.L. Fisher (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), B.J. Usman (Univ. Notre Dame)
Study of the Effect of Helium on Prismatic Loop Evolution in Irradiated Fe-Cr Alloys Using Cluster Dynamics Code
9:20–9:40AM CST
Anthony Tom (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Dwaipayan Dasgupta (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Sophie Blondel (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Brian Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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