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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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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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X-energy, Dow apply to build an advanced reactor project in Texas
Dow and X-energy announced today that they have submitted a construction permit application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a proposed advanced nuclear project in Seadrift, Texas. The project could begin construction later this decade, but only if Dow confirms “the ability to deliver the project while achieving its financial return targets.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|8:00–9:45AM EST|Canaveral 3
Session Chair:
Akio Yamamoto
Alternate Chair:
Manit D. Shah (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Comparative Analysis of Heat Deposition Rates and DPA in the HFIR Flux Trap to Support LEU Conversion
8:00–8:20AM EST
K.M. Burg (ORNL), D. Hartanto (ORNL), D. Chandler (ORNL), J.W. Bae (ORNL), Y.E. Robert (ORNL)
Paper
Development Status of MCSTD-GPU: GPU-Based Monte Carlo Time-Dependent Code for Reactor Transient Analysis
8:20–8:40AM EST
Eun Jeong (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), Deokjung Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
Code-to-Code Verification of the ARC Codes on a 1500 MWth Metallic-Fueled SFR Core
8:40–9:00AM EST
Ahmed A. Abdelhameed (ANL), Kyle Ramey (ANL), Kalin Kiesling (ANL), Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL)
Flux Characterization of Washington State University's Epithermal Neutron Beam Facility
9:00–9:20AM EST
Travis J. Zipperer (PNNL), Larry R. Greenwood (PNNL), Bruce D. Pierson (PNNL), Walter G. Luscher (PNNL), Hillary L. Bennett (Washington State), Corey Hines (Washington State)
2D Cylindrical SP3 Transport Calculation Using Finite Volume Method with Cross-Diffusion Treatment for Unstructured Meshes
9:20–9:40AM EST
Tomohiro Endo (Nagoya Univ.), Akio Yamamoto (Nagoya Univ.)
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