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Division Spotlight
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.
Meeting Spotlight
2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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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Nuclear new build procurement considerations
It may seem counterintuitive, but the best time to enhance the ability to support operations and maintenance for a new plant is before construction starts. This is one of many lessons learned by the currently operating nuclear fleet. As construction and startup of many nuclear facilities was completed, it quickly became evident that the ability to efficiently support operations and maintenance was limited. Most of the information necessary to establish and manage procurement of spare and replacement items, maintenance, and configuration of the facilities was unavailable and had to be gathered on a case-by-case, “on-demand” basis. Absence of necessary information and the associated challenges resulted in the need for staff augmentation and multiyear-long projects to develop equipment bills of material and maintenance programs and to perform technical evaluations for the huge quantities of spare and replacement items being requested.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Jasmine C
Session Chair:
Caleb Massey (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Low-Pressure and Fluidized-Bed Chemical Vapor Deposition of PyC and ZrC for Space Nuclear Propulsion
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Eddie Lopez-Honorato (ORNL), Tyler J. Gerczak (ORNL), Ryan Heldt (ORNL), Grant W. Helmreich (ORNL), Katherine Montoya (ORNL), Peter Doyle (ORNL), William F. Cureton (ORNL), John D. Hunn (ORNL)
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Progress Toward In Situ Tempered, Additively Manufactured Ferritic-Martensitic Steels
1:20–1:40PM PDT
C.R. Lear (LANL), T.J. Lienert (Optomec), S.A. Maloy (PNNL)
Counterfeit Prevention Using Thermal Imaging for Binder-Jet Printed Parts
1:40–2:00PM PDT
James Oti (Univ. Pittsburgh), Ryan Wassel (Univ. Pittsburgh), Jung-Kun Lee (Univ. Pittsburgh), Nikhil Bajaj (Univ. Pittsburgh)
Development of a Hastelloy N-Based ODS Alloy Through Laser Powder-Bed Fusion (LPBF) Additive Manufacturing (AM)
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Ertugrul Demir (NCSU), Fedi Fehri (NCSU), Matt DeJong (NCSU), Sourabh Saptarshi (NCSU), Tim Horn (NCSU), Djamel Kaoumi (NCSU)
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