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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
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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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ARPA-E announces $40 million to develop transmutation technologies for UNF
The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) announced $40 million in funding to develop cutting-edge technologies to enable the transmutation of used nuclear fuel into less-radioactive substances. According to ARPA-E, the new initiative addresses one of the agency’s core goals as outlined by Congress: to provide transformative solutions to improve the management, cleanup, and disposal of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Condensed Matter Physics
Wednesday, September 11, 2024|4:20–5:40PM EDT|Room 1
Session Chair:
Eric D. Bauer
Alternate Chair:
Jason R. Jeffries
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Developments in the use of Noncollinear Density Functional Theory to Describe the Mechanical Properties of Plutonium Allotropes
4:20–4:40PM EDT
Alexander R. Munoz (Los Alamos National Laboratory), W. A. Phelan (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Sven P. Rudin (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Travis Jones (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Paper
Changes in Stiffness and Internal Friction of d-PuGa due to Aging and Annealing
4:40–5:00PM EDT
Boris Maiorov (Los Alamos National Laboratory), C.A. Mizzi (Los Alamos National Laboratory), T.T.J. Munroe (Los Alamos National Laboratory), F.F. Balakirev (Los Alamos National Laboratory), M.L. Hayne (Los Alamos National Laboratory), M.J. Gibbs (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Spin-Orbital-Polarized Density Functional Theory Approach to the Materials Physics of Pu Metal and its Alloys: Theory
5:00–5:20PM EDT
Babak Sadigh (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Kyoung Kweon (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Per Soderlind (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
On the use of Strictly Localized Basis Orbitals for the Description of Elemental Plutonium, Plutonium-Gallium Alloys, and Plutonium Oxides
5:20–5:40PM EDT
Raymond Atta-Fynn (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Sarah C. Hernandez (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Roxanne M. Tutchton (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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