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Reactor Physics
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.
Meeting Spotlight
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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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A more open future for nuclear research
A growing number of institutional, national, and funder mandates are requiring researchers to make their published work immediately publicly accessible, through either open repositories or open access (OA) publications. In addition, both private and public funders are developing policies, such as those from the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the European Commission, that ask researchers to make publicly available at the time of publication as much of their underlying data and other materials as possible. These, combined with movement in the scientific community toward embracing open science principles (seen, for example, in the dramatic rise of preprint servers like arXiv), demonstrate a need for a different kind of publishing outlet.
Technical Session|Radioisotope Power Systems
Wednesday, May 8, 2024|3:15–4:55PM MDT|Sweeney A
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Duane Barber
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SiGe RTG Unicouple Testing Capabilities
3:15–3:40PM MDT
Eric Poliquin (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Kevin Smith (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
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Assessment of Space Radiation Influence on Bi2Te3-based Thermoelectric Generator Embedded in a Korean Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG)
3:40–4:05PM MDT
Sunjin Kim (KAERI), Jong-Bum Kim (KAERI), Kwang-Jae Son (KAERI), Jin-Joo Kim (KAERI), Jin Kim (KAERI), Yongrok Jeong (KAERI), Jintae Hong (KAERI)
Pulse-Reverse Plating of Nanocomposite Diffusion Barrier Coatings for Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators
4:05–4:30PM MDT
Hannah Hilton-Tapp (Univ. Leicester), Jayan Patel (Univ. Leicester), David Weston (Univ. Leicester), Karl Ryder (Univ. Leicester), Ramy Mesalam (Univ. Leicester)
Recent Advancements in the Development, Manufacturability and Lifetime Testing of GPHS Heritage-like SiGe Unicouples Using SiGe and SiMo Materials Prepared by Spark Plasma Synthesis
4:30–4:55PM MDT
Jonathan Pierce (Johns Hopkins APL), Jake Ballard (Johns Hopkins APL), Richard Ung (Johns Hopkins APL), Tim Holgate (Johns Hopkins APL), Rasdip Singh (Soal Technologies), Mousumi Mitra (Univ. Virginia), Scott Misture (Alfred Univ.), Joseph Poon (Univ. Virginia), Timothy Erickson (Johns Hopkins APL), Paul Ostdiek (Johns Hopkins APL), Rama Venkatasubramanian (Johns Hopkins APL)
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