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Radiation Protection & Shielding
The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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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.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST|Gunston East/West
Session Chair:
Aaron Epiney (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Paul Talbot (INL)
Session Organizer:
Frederick N. Gleicher (ORNL)
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Estimating the Molten Salt Flow Rate for the MSRE Isothermal Transient Benchmark Development
1:00–1:20PM EST
Mohamed Elhareef (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Zeyun Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Paper
Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients in the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment
1:20–1:40PM EST
Kyoung O. Lee (ORNL), Robert K. Salko (ORNL), Matthew A. Jessee (ORNL), Shane Henderson (ORNL), Dave J. Kropaczek (ORNL), Zachary D. Bevans (ORNL)
Parameters of Neutron Diffusion Equation for Temperature Effect of MSRE
1:40–2:00PM EST
Kyoung O. Lee (ORNL), Zachary D. Bevans (ORNL), Donny Hartanto (ORNL), Matthew A. Jessee (ORNL), Dave J. Kropaczek (ORNL)
Modeling The DLOFC Accident Scenario of HTR-PM Equilibrium Core Using NEAMS Tools
2:00–2:20PM EST
Mustafa Jaradat (INL), Sebastian Schunert (INL), Joshua Hanophy (INL), Javier Ortensi (INL)
Multiphysics Analysis of the MSRE Experiment Using Griffin-SAM Coupled Code System
2:20–2:40PM EST
Mustafa Jaradat (INL), Javier Ortensi (INL), Gang Yang (ANL), Rui Hu (ANL), Ling Zou (ANL)
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