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Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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El Salvador: Looking to nuclear
In 2022, El Salvador’s leadership decided to expand its modest, mostly hydro- and geothermal-based electricity system, which is supported by expensive imported natural gas and diesel generation. They chose to use advanced nuclear reactors, preferably fueled by thorium-based fuels, to power their civilian efforts. The choice of thorium was made to inform the world that the reactor program was for civilian purposes only, and so they chose a fuel that was plentiful, easy to source and work with, and not a proliferation risk.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) 2020 Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fusion Energy
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST
Session Chair:
Daniel Andruczyk (Univ. of Ill., Urbana-Champaign)
Staff Producer:
Mary Tong (American Nuclear Society)
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Recent CIEMAT experimental activities on liquid metals for fusion applications
JuanManuel García (CIEMAT, LNF), David Rapisarda (CIEMAT, LNF), Gianluca Dovidio (CIEMAT, LNF), Joaquin Molla (CIEMAT, LNF), Marta Malo (CIEMAT, LNF), David Jimenez-Rey (CIEMAT, LNF), Angel Ibarra (CIEMAT, LNF), Jesus Herranz (CIEMAT, LNF), Teresa Hernandez (CIEMAT, LNF), Sebastian Hendricks (CIEMAT, LNF), Maria Gonzalez (CIEMAT, LNF), Angela Garcia (CIEMAT, LNF), Belit Garcinuno (CIEMAT, LNF), Elisabetta Carella (CIEMAT, LNF)
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Status and progress of liquid metal thermofluids modelling for the US Fusion Nuclear Science Facility
Charles Kessel (ORNL), Peter Huang (HyPerComp Inc), Yuchen Jiang (UCLA), Tyler Rhodes (UCLA), Sergey Smolentsev (UCLA)
Analysis of MHD effect on drainage of PbLi channel for WCLL and HCLL breeding blankets
Italo Ricapito (Fusion for Energy), Francesca Papa (Università La Sapienza), Massimo Zucchetti (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Politecnico di Torino), Marco Utili (ENEA C. R. Brasimone), Ciro Alberghi (Politecnico di Torino), Alessandro Venturini (ENEA C. R. Brasimone), Luigi Candido (Politecnico di Torino)
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