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Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
Improving task performance, system reliability, system and personnel safety, efficiency, and effectiveness are the division's main objectives. Its major areas of interest include task design, procedures, training, instrument and control layout and placement, stress control, anthropometrics, psychological input, and motivation.
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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
Tuesday, July 23, 2024|1:00–2:50PM CDT|Assembly
Session Chair:
Jun Ren (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
Alternate Chair:
Minami Yoda (Michigan State University)
Session Organizer:
Paul P. Wilson
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Design Approach and Technology R&D for the EU-DEMO Divertor
1:00–1:25PM CDT
J.H. You (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics), N. Mantel (UKAEA), D. Marzullo (Univ. Trieste), G. Mazzone (ENEA), S. Roccella (ENEA), P. Rossi (ENEA), L. Volpe (UKAEA)
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Design and Integration of a Decoupled Capillary Porous System Based First Wall for HELIAS
1:25–1:50PM CDT
Jose A. Noguerón (CIEMAT), Iván Fernández-Berceruelo (CIEMAT), David Rapisarda (CIEMAT), Iole Palermo (CIEMAT)
Thermal-Fluid and Thermal-Structural Response of the T-Tube Modular Divertor to Spatiotemporally Varying Heat Loads
1:50–2:10PM CDT
M.L. Lanahan (Georgia Tech), S.I. Abdel-Khalik (Georgia Tech), M. Yoda (Michigan State Univ.)
Design and Implementation of Surface Eroding Thermocouples for Stage One Modular Divertor Integration
2:10–2:30PM CDT
J. Ren (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), T. Elsey (General Atomics), C. Murphy (General Atomics), B.Z. Zhao (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), D. Pierce (General Atomics), M. Shafer (ORNL), R. Wilcox (ORNL), S. Hong (General Atomics), D. Donovan (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Design and Analysis of an Integrated Additively Manufactured Test Article for Plasma Facing Component
2:30–2:50PM CDT
Ajit Bhat (ORNL), Michael DeVinney (ORNL), Travis K. Gray (ORNL), Cody S. Wiggins (ORNL)
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