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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
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
Monday, July 22, 2024|10:00–11:50AM CDT|Madison Ballroom
Session Chair:
Sunday C. Aduloju
Alternate Chair:
Iole Palermo
Session Organizer:
Paul P. Wilson
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An Open-Source Digital Engineering Pipeline for Enabling In-silico Design and Qualification of Tritium Breeding Devices
10:00–10:25AM CDT
H. Brooks (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), C. Byers (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), A. Davis (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), S. Dixon (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), A. Dubas (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), L. Fletcher (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), L. Humphrey (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), S. Mungale (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), P. Shriwise (ANL)
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FENIX: Toward a Fully Integrated Multiphysics Framework for Plasma Facing Component Modeling
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Pierre-Clement A. Simon (INL), Casey T. Icenhour (INL), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Logan H. Harbour (INL), Derek Gaston (INL), Masashi Shimada (INL), Grayson Gall (NCSU), Amanda M. Lietz (NCSU), Mahmoud Eltawila (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), April J. Novak (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Helen Brooks (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority)
Scalable Open Source Multiphysics Tools for Induction Heating Simulations of Fusion Components in Electromagnetic Fields
10:50–11:10AM CDT
A. I. Blair (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), H. Bergallo Rocha (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), E. Palmer (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), W. Ellis (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority), A. Davis (U.K. Atomic Energy Authority)
VERTEX-CFD: A Multiphysics Solver for Fusion Applications
11:10–11:30AM CDT
Marco Delchini (ORNL), Katarzyna Borowiec (ORNL), Arpan Sicar (ORNL), Stuart Slattery (ORNL), Sergey Smolentsev (ORNL), Vittorio Badalassi (ORNL), Ryan Glasby (ORNL), Franklin Curtis (ORNL)
Multiphysics Modeling of the Electromagnetic Loads on the First Wall During Plasma Disruptions
11:30–11:50AM CDT
Sunday Aduloju (ORNL), Sergey Smolentsev (ORNL), Paul Humrickhouse (ORNL)
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