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Thermal Hydraulics
The division provides a forum for focused technical dialogue on thermal hydraulic technology in the nuclear industry. Specifically, this will include heat transfer and fluid mechanics involved in the utilization of nuclear energy. It is intended to attract the highest quality of theoretical and experimental work to ANS, including research on basic phenomena and application to nuclear system design.
Meeting Spotlight
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 RPD
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST
Session Chair:
Joshua Hykes (Studsvik Scandpower)
Alternate Chair:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov (TAMU)
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
Jay Bogardus (American Nuclear Society)
The focus of the presentations will be to share current core design capabilities, developments, and methods for addressing issues impacting core designs and associated reactor engineering support activities. Particular issues may include recent operating experiences, Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF), load follow and alternative to load follow, high burnup/high enrichment in core design economics, and fuel and poison management economics.
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Application of Framatome's 3D Control Rod Ejection Methodology (AREA) to the Palo Verde Generating Station
MIchelle Guzzardo (Framatome), Richard C. Deveney (Framatome), David Medek (APS), Keith W. Maupin (Framatome)
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PWR Integral Gadolinia Burnable Absorber Loading Design In A Once-Through Core Reactivity Swing Minimization Assessment
Gray S. Chang (JFoster & Associates), Julie Foster (JFoster & Associates), Jim R. Harrell (Zachry Nuclear)
VVER-1000 Forum Benchmark
Romain Henry (Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH), Kiril Velkov (Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH)
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