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Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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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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Oklo completes end-to-end demonstration of advanced fuel recycling
Oklo Inc. has announced that it has completed the first end-to-end demonstration of its advanced fuel recycling process as part of an ongoing $5 million project in collaboration with Argonne and Idaho National Laboratories. Oklo’s goal: scaling up its fuel recycling capabilities to deploy a commercial-scale recycling facility that would increase advanced reactor fuel supplies and enhance fuel cost effectiveness for its planned sodium fast reactors.
R. L. Moore, C. D. Fletcher, C. S. Miller
Nuclear Technology | Volume 113 | Number 1 | January 1996 | Pages 73-85
Technical Paper | Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow | doi.org/10.13182/NT96-A35200
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An improved capability for modeling the transient behavior of the unique Advanced Neutron Source Reactor (ANSR) accumulator design has been developed. The ANSR accumulator behavior may now be simulated using an external model that is coupled to a RELAP5/MOD3 ANSR facility system model via a parallel virtual machine (PVM) connection. Existing RELAP5 code models were found to provide marginal results for simulating behavior of the unique ANSR accumulator design, and an improved accumulator modeling capability was desired. A new model for representing the ANSR accumulators, assessment and demonstration of that model, and the general methods by which external models may be coupled with RELAP5 system models using PVM connections are described.
