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Division Spotlight
Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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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Nuclear advocates fight potential cuts at DOE’s Loan Programs Office
Nearly 60 percent of staff at the U.S. Department of Energy’s nuclear-friendly Loan Programs Office may be lost through President Trump’s deferred resignation program, the Washington Examiner reported.
According to the news outlet, 123 of the 210 current LPO employees have opted into the retirement buyout, which would amount to a 58.5 percent staffing cut in the office that helps finance new nuclear projects among other energy proposals. There is a 45-day period for federal employees older than 40 to change their minds, which could impact the final number of exiting staff.
Technical Session
Thursday, May 19, 2022|1:30–3:15PM EDT|Brighton III/IV
Session Chair:
John C. Hannah (GNF)
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A Comparison of Random Sampling and Genetic Optimization in a Multi-Reactor Shared Fuel Pool Power Plant
Ben Lilley (Oregon State), Todd S. Palmer (Oregon State)
Paper
Fuel Loading Pattern Optimization of Allegro Fast Reactor Using Genetic Algorithms
Yrobel Lima-Reinaldo (Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México), Juan-Luis François (Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México)
Evaluation of Fuel Assemblies for Plutonium Multi-Recycling in Pressurised Water Reactors with MOX Enriched Uranium Support Fuel
P. Servell (EDF), E. Girardi (EDF), G. Martin (CEA)
Intra-Optimisation Objective Expansion Applied to Nuclear Fuel Design and Investigation of its Effects on Search Space Coverage
D.J. Brennan (Univ. Cambridge), G.T. Parks (Univ. Cambridge)
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