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Division Spotlight
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
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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Framatome opens new fuel workshop for research reactors and medical targets
Framatome announced that it has inaugurated a new workshop dedicated to the fabrication of fuel for research reactors and targets for medical isotopes at the company’s Romans-sur-Isère site in France. The workshops are part of Framatome’s CERCA division, which manufactures fuel and irradiation targets for research reactors.
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Katya Le Blanc is a senior human factors scientist whose research has improved operator interfaces for control of energy systems including nuclear power plant equipment in the field and in the control room, transmission system technologies, and interfaces for accelerator control systems. She is a skilled researcher who investigates a diverse range of topics from human factors in cyber security to developing innovative methods to measure human performance in complex environments. She is a passionate mentor who prioritizes developing students and junior members of her team to reach their full potential as researchers. She has demonstrated leadership as a principal investigator for more than a dozen projects and is currently the deputy national technical director of the cybersecurity program for the Department of Energy's office of Nuclear Energy. Katya has over 100 technical publications in the subject of human factors in the energy sector. She is a senior member of IEEE and holds a PhD and master’s degree in cognitive psychology from New Mexico State University and a BS in psychology from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
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