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This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
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Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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General Kenneth Nichols and the Manhattan Project
Nichols
The Oak Ridger has published the latest in a series of articles about General Kenneth D. Nichols, the Manhattan Project, and the 1954 Atomic Energy Act. The series has been produced by Nichols’ grandniece Barbara Rogers Scollin and Oak Ridge (Tenn.) city historian David Ray Smith. Gen. Nichols (1907–2000) was the district engineer for the Manhattan Engineer District during the Manhattan Project.
As Smith and Scollin explain, Nichols “had supervision of the research and development connected with, and the design, construction, and operation of, all plants required to produce plutonium-239 and uranium-235, including the construction of the towns of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Richland, Washington. The responsibility of his position was massive as he oversaw a workforce of both military and civilian personnel of approximately 125,000; his Oak Ridge office became the center of the wartime atomic energy’s activities.”
Technical Session|Special Topics
Tuesday, August 22, 2023|9:00–10:20AM EDT|Columbia 5-8
Session Chair:
Han Bao
Alternate Chair:
Majdi I. Radaideh
Session Organizer:
Kurshad Muftuoglu
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Machine-Learning-Aided Approach for Predicting the Thermal Expansion Behaviors in Advanced Test Reactor Capsules
9:00–9:20AM EDT
Takanori Kajihara (INL), Han Bao (INL), Nicolas E. Woolstenhulme (INL), Colby B. Jensen (INL), Daniel B. Chapman (INL), Sunming Qin (INL), Austin D. Fleming (INL)
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Investigation of Machine Learning Regression Techniques to Predict Critical Heat Flux over a Large Parameter Space
9:20–9:40AM EDT
Emil Helmryd Grosfilley (Uppsala Univ.), Gustav Robertson (Uppsala Univ.), Jerol Soibam (Mälardalen Univ.), Jean-Marie Le Corre (Westinghouse Electric Sweden)
Using Machine Learning to Assess Spill Fire Data for use in Fire PRA
9:40–10:00AM EDT
Elvan Sahin (Virginia Tech), Mehran Islam (Virginia Tech), Brian Y. Lattimer (Virginia Tech), Juliana P. Duarte (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Machine Learning from LES Data to Improve Coarse Grid RANS Simulations
10:00–10:20AM EDT
Arsen S. Iskhakov (NCSU), Taylor Grubbs (NCSU), Nam T. Dinh (NCSU), Victor Coppo Leite (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State)
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