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Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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!
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NDA funds Plutonium Ceramics Academic Hub with U.K. universities
The United Kingdom’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has announced that it will establish a Plutonium Ceramics Academic Hub with the Universities of Manchester and Sheffield. The announcement follows a decision by the U.K. government in January to immobilize the country’s inventory of civil separated plutonium at the Sellafield nuclear site, mitigating the material’s long-term safety and security risks.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fuels and Actinide Materials
Monday, December 11, 2023|3:10–4:50PM CST|Galerie 3
Session Chair:
Pierre-Clement A. Simon (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Michael R. Tonks (Univ. Florida)
Track Organizers:
Assel Aitkaliyeva (Univ. Florida)
Jian Gan (INL)
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Fracture Behavior Analysis of UO2 Nuclear Fuel Using a Ball-on-Ring Biaxial Flexure Test
3:10–3:30PM CST
Adrianna E. Lupercio (Boise State), Cayden Doyle (Boise State), Andrew T. Nelson (ORNL), Brian J. Jaques (Boise State)
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An Empirical Model for Fractional High Burnup Structure in UO2 Fuel
3:30–3:50PM CST
W.C. Brinkley (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), N. Capps (ORNL), B.D. Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
The Transient Behavior of the Porous UO2 Pellets with Submicron Grain Size Under LOCA and RIA Thermal Shock Testing
3:50–4:10PM CST
Dong Zhao (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Andre Broussard (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Kevin Yan (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Heng Ban (Univ. Pittsburgh), Jie Lian (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Multiphysics and Multiscale Modeling of High Burnup UO2
4:10–4:30PM CST
Karim Ahmed (TAMU)
Analysis of Future Fuel/Cladding Systems for Light Water Reactor Use
4:30–4:50PM CST
Inez Beverly Solomon (Univ. Manchester), Joel Turner (Univ. Manchester), Robert Harrision (Univ. Manchester)
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