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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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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.
Peter Dugan, Douglas Bishop
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 77 | Number 7 | November 2021 | Pages 501-518
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2021.1929758
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
This paper introduces a new implementation using virtual engineering approaches in support of the design and development of a compact pilot plant. Developing a compact pilot plant is a costly and high-risk approach. Risk and resource investments can be optimized by using commercially based virtual engineering, integrated simulation, and virtual prototyping environments in the design and development of a compact pilot plant. This paper identifies both the users of the virtual engineering environment as well as where in the system lifecycle it can be implemented. The environment will use and extend existing multiphysics models and simulation of products and characteristics through the development of system-level models and an investigation of virtual prototypes of component elements. The second level involves knowledge sharing across phases of the lifecycle of products, including all contributors and stakeholders in the virtual environment.