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Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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2027 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
October 31–November 4, 2027
Washington, DC|The Westin Washington, DC Downtown
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Siting of Canadian repository gets support of tribal nation
Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) announced that Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation has indicated its willingness to support moving forward to the next phase of the site selection process to host a deep geological repository for Canada’s spent nuclear fuel.
Arthur Brooks, Chirag Rana, Jakub Hromadka, Jan Prevratil, Karel Patocka, Josef Havlicek, Radomir Panek
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 79 | Number 8 | November 2023 | Pages 1092-1098
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2023.2215681
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Structural analyses of disruptions and the electromagnetic (EM) analyses to support them typically use symmetry to produce a manageable model size. Nonaxisymmetric halo loads require larger analysis models. In this paper, the results of transient EM analyses of halo strikes during a vertical displacement event are presented. The plasma motions and halo characteristics are prescribed based on analyses performed by the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Republic. The time transient EM solution provides loads to a full three-dimensional transient dynamic analysis of the vacuum vessel. The responses to large lateral halo loads are altered and mitigated by the mode responses of the vessel. Dynamic load factors are computed for specific locations in the vessel and supports.