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Reactor Physics
The division's objectives are to promote the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical phenomena characterizing nuclear reactors and other nuclear systems. The division encourages research and disseminates information through meetings and publications. Areas of technical interest include nuclear data, particle interactions and transport, reactor and nuclear systems analysis, methods, design, validation and operating experience and standards. The Wigner Award heads the awards program.
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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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Pacific Fusion predicts “1,000-fold leap” in performance, net facility gain by 2030
Inertial fusion energy (IFE) developer Pacific Fusion, based in Fremont, Calif., announced this morning that it is on target to achieve net facility gain—more fusion energy out than all energy stored in the system—with a demonstration system by 2030, and backs the claim with a technical paper published yesterday on arXiv: “Affordable, manageable, practical, and scalable (AMPS) high-yield and high-gain inertial fusion.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|2:30–4:15PM EST
Session Chair:
Heng Ban
Alternate Chair:
Kenneth J. Geelhood
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
Jessie Vazquez (American Nuclear Society)
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Molten Salt Thermal Conductivity Sensor
Peter C. Kasper (Brigham Young University), Troy Munro (Brigham Young University), Kirsten Steele (Brigham Young University), Jace Davis (Brigham Young University), Jay Bettinger (Brigham Young University), Erik Barbosa (Brigham Young University), Aaron Thorum (Brigham Young University), Connor Last (Brigham Young University)
Paper
Data Analytic Methodology for an Optical Fiber Based Gamma Thermometer Array
Tyler Gates (Texas A&M University), Thomas E. Blue (The Ohio State University), Pavel V. Tsvetkov (Texas A&M University), Joshua Jones (The Ohio State University), Anthony Birri (Ohio State University)
Initial Embedding of Function Sensors in Additive Manufactured Silicon Carbide
Christian M. Petrie (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Kurt A. Terrani (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Brian C. Jolly (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Dylan Richardson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Adrian Schrell (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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