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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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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.
Suk-Kwon Kim, Bong Guen Hong, Dong Won Lee, Do Heon Kim, Young-Ouk Lee
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 56 | Number 2 | August 2009 | Pages 746-750
Nuclear Analysis | Eighteenth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Part 2) | doi.org/10.13182/FST09-A8998
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A system analysis has been performed to develop the concepts for a fusion reactor and to identify the design parameters by using the tokamak system analysis code at KAERI (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute). The system code elucidates the device parameters which satisfy the plasma physics and engineering constraints by taking into account a wide range of plasma physics and technology effects, simultaneously. The calculation of 1-D neutronic system code was coupled with this tokamak system code to optimize the reactor parameters. The numerical simulation for blanket neutronics was performed with MCNP5 code to calculate the tritium breeding ratios and neutron multiplications, which were the input parameter of system code. With the coupled system analysis and one-dimensional neutronic calculation, we assessed various types of DEMO blanket concepts with the requirements for the DEMO selected as to demonstrate the tritium self-sufficiency, to generate a net electricity amount, and for a steady-state operation.