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Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
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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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EnergySolutions awarded $84.6M in nuclear navy contracts
Utah-based EnergySolutions has announced it has been awarded two contracts worth a combined $84.6 million from the U.S. Navy to support waste management operations across multiple Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program sites. According to the company, the indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts will enable the secure transportation, receipt, processing, recycling and reduction, and disposal of nuclear materials from key naval sites nationwide.
Technical Session|Fusion and Plasma Physics
Friday, April 4, 2025|2:40–4:00PM MDT|Mirage/Thunderbird
Session Chair:
Shane M. Evans
Alternate Chair:
Jared Justice
Session Organizer:
Ashley Machado
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Plasma-Assisted Electrochemical Degradation of GenX
2:40–3:00PM MDT
Piper R. Fernau (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Feray Buyuktopcu (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Xiao Su (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Mohan Sankaran (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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First Results on Resistivity Probe Measuring Hydrogen Concentration in the Actively Pumped Open-surface Lithium LOop (APOLLO)
3:00–3:20PM MDT
Riley Trendler (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Dan O. O'Dea (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Braden T. Moore (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Peter Buxton (Tokamak Energy Ltd.), Konstantin Moshkunov (Tokamak Energy Ltd.), David N. Ruzic (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Advanced Simulation for First Wall Materials in Inertial Fusion Reactors
3:20–3:40PM MDT
Matthieu Dagousset (Young Members Group), Shobhit Brijesh (Univ. California, Berkeley), Jay Darji (Univ. California, Berkeley), Max Monange (EX-Fusion America), Alexander Fikri (EX-Fusion America)
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