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Division Spotlight
Nuclear Installations Safety
Devoted specifically to the safety of nuclear installations and the health and safety of the public, this division seeks a better understanding of the role of safety in the design, construction and operation of nuclear installation facilities. The division also promotes engineering and scientific technology advancement associated with the safety of such facilities.
Meeting Spotlight
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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Latest News
ARPA-E announces $40 million to develop transmutation technologies for UNF
The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) announced $40 million in funding to develop cutting-edge technologies to enable the transmutation of used nuclear fuel into less-radioactive substances. According to ARPA-E, the new initiative addresses one of the agency’s core goals as outlined by Congress: to provide transformative solutions to improve the management, cleanup, and disposal of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EST|Cabinet
Session Chair:
Abdalla Abou-Jaoude
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni
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Status of New Models Hosted on the Virtual Test Bed (VTB) in 2023
10:00–10:20AM EST
Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Emily Shemon (ANL), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Samuel Walker (INL), Lise Charlot (INL), Mauricio Tano (INL), Jun Fang (ANL), April Novak (ANL), Zhiee Ooi (ANL), Nicholas Wozniak (ANL), Yinbin Miao (ANL), Ahmed Abdelhameed (ANL), Nicolas Stauff (ANL), Ling Zou (ANL)
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Release on the Virtual Test Bed of a Coupled SAM-Pronghorn Model of the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment Using the Domain Overlapping Approach
10:20–10:40AM EST
Andres Nicolas Fierro Lopez (INL), Mauricio Tano (INL), Sebastian Schunert (INL), Mustafa Jaradat (INL), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL), Samuel A. Walker (INL), Jun Fang (ANL)
Release of a High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) Steady State Multiphysics Model to the Virtual Test Bed
10:40–11:00AM EST
Kylee Swanson (INL), Guillaume Giudicelli (INL)
Modeling a Gas-Cooled Microreactor Balance of Plant for the Virtual Test Bed
11:00–11:20AM EST
Sixte de Boisset (INL), Lise Charlot (INL), Thomas Freyman (TAMU), Joshua Hansel (INL)
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