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Division Spotlight
Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
Meeting Spotlight
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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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Feinstein Institutes to research novel radiation countermeasure
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, home of the research institutes of New York’s Northwell Health, announced it has received a five-year, $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the potential of human ghrelin, a naturally occurring hormone, as a medical countermeasure against radiation-induced gastrointestinal syndrome (GI-ARS).
Technical Session|Reactor Physics
Saturday, April 6, 2024|3:15–4:35PM EDT|Hosler Room 026
Session Chair:
Caroline E. Ishak (Penn State University)
Alternate Chair:
Katheren R. Bosson Nantes (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan Balog (Penn State University)
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Development of a Hybrid Neutron Transport Solver
3:15–3:35PM EDT
Hirepan Palomares Chavez (Chalmers Univ. Technology)
Paper
Analysis of Metal Hydroxides as Coolants/Moderators for Small Modular Reactors
3:35–3:55PM EDT
Michael Brandt (U.S. Naval Academy), Stuart R. Blair (U.S. Naval Academy)
Variance Reduction within Implicit Monte Carlo Thermal Radiation Transport Using the Local Importance Function Transform
3:55–4:15PM EDT
Max S. Hollett (Oregon State)
Quickly Generating ORIGEN XS Libraries with OBIWAN in Preparation for MSR Thermochemical Analysis
4:15–4:35PM EDT
Kyle J. Luna (Univ. Texas, Austin), Kevin T. Clarno (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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