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Robotics & Remote Systems
The Mission of the Robotics and Remote Systems Division is to promote the development and application of immersive simulation, robotics, and remote systems for hazardous environments for the purpose of reducing hazardous exposure to individuals, reducing environmental hazards and reducing the cost of performing work.
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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
Standards Program
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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ARPA-E announces $40 million to develop transmutation technologies for UNF
The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) announced $40 million in funding to develop cutting-edge technologies to enable the transmutation of used nuclear fuel into less-radioactive substances. According to ARPA-E, the new initiative addresses one of the agency’s core goals as outlined by Congress: to provide transformative solutions to improve the management, cleanup, and disposal of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.
Advanced Reactor Safety (ARS)
Technical Session
Monday, June 17, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Palm A
Session Chair:
Matthew R. Denman
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Koroush Shirvan
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Quantification of In-Containment Mechanistic Source Term for Advanced Light Water Reactor
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Yahya A. Alzahrani (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Paper
An Assessment of the Applicability and Usability of Light Water Reactor Source Term Software for Non-Light Water Reactor Designers
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Matthew R. Denman (Kairos Power), Peiwen T. Whysall (Kairos Power), Jordan E. Hagaman (Kairos Power)
The Development of Simplified Radionuclide Transport Code (SRT) Version 2.1
1:40–2:00PM PDT
Tyler Starkus (ANL), Dave Grabaskas (ANL), Dong Hoon Kam (ANL), Shayan Shahbazi (ANL)
Consequence Uncertainty Quantification in LMP Applications
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Matthew Humberstone (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Hanh Phan (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Steven Unwin (PNNL), Steve Short (PNNL), Garill Coles (PNNL)
Presented by Jeffery Wood (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
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Oxidation Model of the Accident Tolerant Fuel Implemented in NuScale Reactor Using MELCOR Code
2:20–2:40PM PDT
Mohammad Amer Allaf (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Grace Ejnik (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), WooHyun Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Juliana Pacheco Duarte (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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