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Fission Systems and Radiation Transport

Sara NormanMay 20, 2022

Todd Allen, John Lee, and Kristine Svinicki supporting National Academies Studies

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The studies are centered around advanced nuclear, fuel, and threats.

SnehaFebruary 23, 2022

NERS Professor Alex Bielajew retires after 25 years with the department

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Bielajew’s research focused on Monte Carlo code development.

Sara NormanOctober 22, 2021

Xiaodong Sun named Fellow of the American Nuclear Society

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Professor Sun was recognized for significant contributions to research in reactor thermal hydraulics and for those as an educator and mentor of nuclear engineering students and researchers.

Sara NormanOctober 21, 2021

Emily Vu won a Best Student Paper Award from the American Nuclear Society

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Vu is a graduate student conducting research in electron transport in stochastic media.

Sara NormanAugust 4, 2021

Kaitlyn Barr given DOE Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Award

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The award program strives to facilitate innovation and the creation of new ideas in nuclear-technology-relevant disciplines.

Sara NormanJune 25, 2021

U-M faculty receive $1.2M in DOE funding awards

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $61 million to support 99 projects spread across 30 states and a U.S. territory. The U-M Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences (NERS) has received $1,150,000 to fund two projects to advance nuclear technology. The awards are through two DOE programs: the Nuclear Energy University Program […]

Sara NormanJune 15, 2021

Yuxuan Liu and Brendan Kochunas receive funding to integrate heat transfer simulation in the Virtual Ford Nuclear Reactor

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The funding was provided by the Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education.

Sara NormanJune 15, 2021

Annalisa Manera receives NRC academic grant

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Manera will use the grant to advance the understanding of heat pipe behavior close to their thermal limits and more.

Sara NormanApril 29, 2021

NERS researchers awarded ANS Best Paper Award

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The paper investigates the heat transfer performance of the sodium heat pipes which will be adopted in the future Special Purpose Reactors (SPR).

Sara NormanDecember 9, 2020

Teaching thermal-hydraulics for nuclear systems during COVID-19

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How NERS Professor Annalisa Manera transitioned NERS444 online to rave reviews from her students.

Sara NormanSeptember 10, 2020

NERS researchers are supporting efforts to design experiments for a Versatile Test Reactor

The multi-institution collaboration is designing experiments to test various molten salt reactor technologies.

Sara NormanSeptember 2, 2020

NERS Professor William R. Martin retires after 43 years with the department

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Martin will be remembered as an outstanding mentor and colleague.

Sara NormanSeptember 1, 2020

NERS promotes several faculty members and research scientists

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The promotions take effect September 1, 2020.

Sara NormanFebruary 27, 2020

NERS Professor John C. Lee publishes an introductory text for broad areas of nuclear reactor physics

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“Nuclear Reactor Physics and Engineering” offers information on analysis, design, control, and operation of nuclear reactors.

Sara NormanDecember 12, 2019

NERS Professor Brian Kiedrowski honored with faculty development professorship

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The newly endowed professorship was awarded in recognition of outstanding contributions to teaching and research.

Sara NormanNovember 22, 2019

New simulation laboratory and cybersecurity software installed at NERS

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The software will be used to study methods of preventing cyberattacks on the instrumentation and control systems for nuclear power plants.

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