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Division Spotlight
Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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|8:00–9:45AM EDT|Brighton I/II
Session Chair:
Alex Levinsky
Alternate Chair:
Chang-ho Lee (ANL)
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Modeling and Analysis of a Micro-Reactor Using the DireWolf Code Suite
Nathan Roskoff (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Vefa Kucukboyaci (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Alex Levinsky (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Vincent Laboure (INL), Jackson Harter (INL), Adam Zabriskie (INL), Lise Charlot (INL)
Paper
Simulation of a TRISO-Fueled Heat-Pipe Microreactor Using MOOSE-Based Reactor Physics Code Griffin
Yan Cao (ANL), Nicolas Stauff (ANL), Yinbin Miao (ANL), Kun Mo (ANL), Justin Thomas (ANL), Bo Feng (ANL), Zhaopeng Zhong (ANL), Chang-ho Lee (ANL)
Preliminary Neutronic-Thermal-Mechanical Coupling of a Small Heat-Pipe Reactor Using OpenMC and MOOSE
William Reed Kendrick (MIT), Benoit Forget (MIT)
Presentation Video (Visible to Attendees)
Design, Simulation, and Analysis of a Microreactor Experiment at the National Criticality Experiments Research Center
Mikaela Blood (LANL), Alexis Maldonado (LANL), Nicholas Thompson (LANL), Holly Trellue (LANL)
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