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Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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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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NRC engineers share their expertise at the University of Puerto Rico
Robert Roche-Rivera and Marcos Rolón-Acevedo are licensed professional engineers who work at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They are also alumni of the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez (UPRM) and have been sharing their knowledge and experience with students at their alma mater since last year, serving as adjunct professors in the university’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. During the 2023–2024 school year, they each taught two courses: Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Nuclear Power Plant Engineering.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Sonoran 6
Session Chair:
Bao-Wen Yang
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Lane Carasik (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
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Update on Out-of-Pile LOCA Experiment
1:00–1:20PM MST
Musa Moussaoui (Oregon State), Trevor Kent Howard (Oregon State), Wade Marcum (Oregon State), Guillaume Mignot (Oregon State), Aaron Weiss (Oregon State)
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Project Overview of Thermal-Hydraulic and Mechanical Behavior of Near-Term ATF Design in Reflood Conditions
1:20–1:40PM MST
WooHyun Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Cole Dunbar (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Kumar Sridharan (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), David Kamerman (INL), Robert Armstrong (INL), Hwasung Yeom (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Analysis on the Preliminary Gap Conductance Test with Single Primary Heat Extraction and Removal Emulator
1:40–2:00PM MST
Minseop Song (INL), Zachary D. Sellers (INL), Jeremy L. Hartvigsen (INL), Sunming Qin (INL), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
Initial Horizontal Co-Flow Gas Injection Studies in Water for Liquid Metal Spallation Targets
2:00–2:20PM MST
Justin Weinmeister (ORNL), Elvis Dominguez-Ontiveros (ORNL)
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