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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.
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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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Nuclear new build procurement considerations
It may seem counterintuitive, but the best time to enhance the ability to support operations and maintenance for a new plant is before construction starts. This is one of many lessons learned by the currently operating nuclear fleet. As construction and startup of many nuclear facilities was completed, it quickly became evident that the ability to efficiently support operations and maintenance was limited. Most of the information necessary to establish and manage procurement of spare and replacement items, maintenance, and configuration of the facilities was unavailable and had to be gathered on a case-by-case, “on-demand” basis. Absence of necessary information and the associated challenges resulted in the need for staff augmentation and multiyear-long projects to develop equipment bills of material and maintenance programs and to perform technical evaluations for the huge quantities of spare and replacement items being requested.
Technical Session|Lightning Talks
Thursday, October 10, 2024|10:15AM–12:00PM MDT|Room 1
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Effective Hydrogen Gas Production Modeling Practices
10:15–10:22AM MDT
Greg Alder (Curtiss-Wright)
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Nuclear Integrated Energy System to Provide Power and Water to El Hierro, Spain
10:22–10:29AM MDT
Logan D. Williams (INL)
Optimizing SMR Implementation and Waste Generation in Ontario's Future Energy Mix Using a Dynamic MILP Approach
10:29–10:36AM MDT
Colin A. Colterjohn (McMaster University)
Contextual Out-of-Distribution Detection and its Application in Evaluating Data-Driven Model Reliability
10:36–10:43AM MDT
Edward Chen (Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls Division), Han Bao (INL)
Simulation of Graphite Reactor Components with the Grizzly Code
10:43–10:50AM MDT
Benjamin Spencer (INL), Lynn Munday (INL), Gyanender Singh (INL), Parikshit Bajpai (INL), Veerappan Prithivirajan (INL)
Spouted Bed Modeling for Coated Particle Fuel Productions Using MFiX and Barracuda
10:50–10:57AM MDT
Benjamin Stoyer (INL), Ryan Heldt (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Bryan Conry (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Eddie Lopez-Honorato (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Paul Schuck (INL), Tyler Gerczak (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
RELAP5-3D Coupling with the MOOSE-Framework
10:57–11:04AM MDT
JAN IZAK C. VERMAAK (INL), George Mesina (INL)
RELAP5-3D Modeling Support for Research Nuclear Reactors
11:04–11:11AM MDT
Mauricio E. Tano (INL), Brandon Cox (INL)
RELAP5-3D Validation Using the Primary Coolant Apparatus Test (PCAT) Facility
11:11–11:18AM MDT
Carlo Parisi (INL), Robert Kile (INL)
The ViBRANT Platform, a Surrogate Nuclear Reactor
11:18–11:25AM MDT
Anthony L. Crawford (INL)
Curve Fitting Parameterization of Neutron Spectra
11:25–11:32AM MDT
Teancum E. Quist (INL), Tommy Holschuh (INL)
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