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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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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 THD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EST|Columbia 10
Session Chairs:
Subash L. Sharma (UML)
Tri Nguyen (Penn State)
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Modeling of Prismatic High Temperature Reactors in Pronghorn
3:15–3:35PM EST
Vasileios Kyriakopoulos (INL), Mauricio Tano (INL), Sebastian Schunert (INL)
Paper
Simulation of a Postulated Severe Assembly Blockage Accident in a Sodium Fast Reactor with the SAS4A/SASSYS-1 Safety Analysis Code
3:35–3:55PM EST
Adrian Tentner (ANL), Taeil Kim (ANL)
CFD Study of Two-Phase Flow in Helical Tube Steam Generator
3:55–4:15PM EST
Doh Hyeon Kim (KAIST), Seunghwan Oh (KAIST), Jeong Ik Lee (KAIST)
Simulations of Online Refueling Transients in a Generic Stable Salt Reactor
4:15–4:35PM EST
Thanh Hua (ANL), Yan Cao (ANL), Luke Godfrey (Moltex Energy), Tom Taylor (Moltex Energy)
Influence of Containment Design Parameters on Analysis of Depressurized Loss of Forced Cooling of Gas-Cooled Fast Modular Reactor Using MELCOR Code
4:35–4:55PM EST
WooHyun Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), SeungKyo Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Cole Dunbar (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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