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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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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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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Norway’s Halden reactor takes first step toward decommissioning
The government of Norway has granted the transfer of the Halden research reactor from the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) to the state agency Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning (NND). The 25-MWt Halden boiling water reactor operated from 1958 to 2018 and was used in the research of nuclear fuel, reactor internals, plant procedures and monitoring, and human factors.
Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference 2024 (PBNC)
Dr. Si-Woo(S.W.) Yoon received a Ph. D. degree in 2003 on plasma physics working with ASDEX-Upgrade project at the Technische Universitaet in Munchen, Germany and for more than 20 years since then, has been working on Hanbit/KSTAR project and the fusion related R&D acitivites at KFE which include tokamak experiments, operation, numerical analysis, and the reactor design. He was appointed as the director of KSTAR project since 2018 and has been serving as the vice-president of KFE since 2022.
Dr. S.W. Yoon has been actively involved as a Korean member in the international programs, such as the Scientific and Technological Advisory Committee for ITER (ITER STAC, 2018~) and the Coordinating Committee of International Topical Physics Activities (ITPA CC, 2016~). He has been appointed as the chair of ITPA CC since 2022.
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