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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.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
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Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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ANS President Lisa Marshall recently sat down with Phil Zeringue, vice president of strategic partnerships at Nuclearn.ai to talk about the evolving state of education in the nuclear world.
Technical Session
Tuesday, July 23, 2024|10:00–11:50AM CDT|Assembly
Session Chair:
Lauren M. Garrison (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Charles Hirst
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Introduction and Status of the Fusion Prototypic Neutron Source Risk Reduction Activity
10:00–10:25AM CDT
Brian Grierson (General Atomics), Sara Ferry (MIT), Phil Ferguson (ORNL), Jaime Marian (Univ. of California, Los Angeles), Eric Pitcher (Boston Government Services), Brian Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jim White (StrataG)
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Ion-Beam-Driven Polywell Fusion Prototypic Neutron Source
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Ross Radel (SHINE Technologies), Nicholas Krall (EMC2), Thomas Weber (LANL)
Micro-FPNS Concept for a 1 DPA/yr 14.1 MeV Neutron Source Based on the Hybrid Electrostatic/Magnetic Confinement Orbitron Fusion Reactor
10:50–11:10AM CDT
Robin Langtry (Avalanche Energy Designs)
Thermal Gradient and Neutron Irradiation Experiment Design for Fusion Reactor Materials in the Advanced Test Reactor
11:10–11:30AM CDT
Michael Worrall (INL), Daniel Chapman (INL), Ryan Sandbek (INL), Hanns Gietl (INL), Nicolas Woolstenhulme (INL), Jason Brookman (INL)
Accelerating Ion Irradiation Sample Throughput via Lateral Gas Implantation Gradients
11:30–11:50AM CDT
Charles A. Hirst (Univ. Michigan), Aäron G. Penders (Univ. Michigan), Alexander Flick (Univ. Michigan), Fabian U. Naab (Univ. Michigan), Logan N. Clowers (Univ. Michigan), Lauren M. Garrison (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Cody A. Dennett (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Michael P. Short (MIT), Gary S. Was (Univ. Michigan)
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