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Reactor Physics
The division's objectives are to promote the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical phenomena characterizing nuclear reactors and other nuclear systems. The division encourages research and disseminates information through meetings and publications. Areas of technical interest include nuclear data, particle interactions and transport, reactor and nuclear systems analysis, methods, design, validation and operating experience and standards. The Wigner Award heads the awards program.
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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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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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Christmas Night
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Yukio Oyama, Mahmoud Z. Youssef, Mohamed A. Abdou
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 1484-1490
Blanket Neutronic | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A39976
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Neutronics tests in a fusion engineering test device will be required to verify the neutronics prediction capabilities (calculational methods and data base). This paper presents the requirements related to the neutronics test. These requirements include those associated with the operational environment (e.g., wall load, fluence, plasma burn time, etc.) and the ones related to the test module configuration (geometrical arrangements, minimum size for meaningful test information, boundary conditions, etc.). Both experimental consideration and neutronic analyses were carried out to quantify these conditions.