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September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Inkjet droplets of radioactive material enable quick, precise testing at NIST
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a technique called cryogenic decay energy spectrometry capable of detecting single radioactive decay events from tiny material samples and simultaneously identifying the atoms involved. In time, the technology could replace characterization tasks that have taken months and could support rapid, accurate radiopharmaceutical development and used nuclear fuel recycling, according to an article published on July 8 by NIST.
Nicolae Bobolea, Randy Ellison, Joshua Parker (U.S. Fuels, Framatome)
Proceedings | Advances in Thermal Hydraulics 2018 | Orlando, FL, November 11-15, 2018 | Pages 1271-1284
Framatome is developing a realistic non-LOCA safety evaluation methodology to assess PWR plant response under accident conditions based on coupled multi-physics simulations employing a 3D transient core simulator, a 3D core thermal-hydraulics, a system thermal-hydraulics and a fuel thermal-mechanical codes. Industrial deployment of such complex methodology required the development of an advanced execution platform capable of integrating multi-physics simulation codes while providing flexibility to express the methodology processes through a modular platform design. The execution platform architecture relies on versatile building blocks with functionality entirely controlled through user inputs. The platform offers deterministic parameter modeling and statistical parameter uncertainty sampling for simulation code inputs to define Design of Experiments and Monte Carlo evaluations whose management and execution uses an optimized Directed Acyclic Graph algorithm capable of handling a large number of simulations and seamlessly interfacing with High Performance Computing job schedulers.