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Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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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Nuclear's future discussed at MURR expansion
ANS Executive Director/CEO Craig Piercy recently spoke on nuclear power’s potential for answering today’s energy demands as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of Missouri. He also took part in the ribbon cutting for a large addition to the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR).
Technical Session|Sponsored by Nuclear Fuel Cycles
Wednesday, December 13, 2023|10:00–11:40AM CST|Galerie 6
Session Chair:
Adam Burak (Univ. Michigan)
Alternate Chair:
Sarah C. Finkeldei (Univ. California, Irvine)
Track Organizers:
Jie Lian (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Yong Yang (Univ. Florida)
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High Temperature Structures, Oxidation, and Thermodynamics of Uranium Nitride and Uranium Carbide
10:00–10:40AM CST
Xiaofeng Guo (Washington State), Vitaliy Goncharov (Washington State), Juejing Liu (Washington State), Arjen van Veelen (LANL), Emma Carlsen (Washington State), Sam Karcher (Washington State), John McCloy (Washington State), Hongwu Xu (LANL), Joshua White (LANL)
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Irradiation-Enhanced Diffusion in Advanced Ceramic Nuclear Fuels
10:40–11:20AM CST
M.W.D. Cooper (LANL), A. Schneider (LANL), C. Matthews (LANL), V. Kocevski (LANL), J. Rizk (LANL), D.A. Andersson (LANL)
Contact Angle of Molten Fluoride Salts on Graphite: A Parametric Study
11:20–11:40AM CST
L. Vergari (Univ. California, Berkeley), Z. Falkowski (Univ. California, Berkeley), M. Dennis (Univ. California, Berkeley), R. O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley)
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