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Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
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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 NISD|Cosponsored by AAD, DESD
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Banyan C
Session Chair:
Akram Batikh (NCSU)
Alternate Chair:
Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Session Organizers:
Yunfei Zhao (UMD)
Track Organizer:
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Guidelines for Designing Radiological Environmental Monitoring Programs for Nuclear Facilities
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Teresa Eddy (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions), Brooke Stagich (SRNL), Mike Stewart (DOE Office of Public Radiation Protection)
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RASTEP -- A Tool for Nuclear Emergency Response and Decision Making
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Manorma Kumar (Vysus Group), Sergey Galushin (Vysus Group)
Preliminary Parametric Study of Microreactor EPZ
1:40–2:00PM PDT
Erik Hisahara (Penn State), Christopher Balbier (Penn State), Saya Lee (Penn State), Rohan Biwalkar (Pittsburgh Technical), Sola Talabi (Pittsburgh Technical)
Doctor -- A Tool for Calculating Nuclear Activity Concentrations and Doses to Workers and the Public, Supporting Consequence Analyses
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Manorma Kumar (Vysus Group), Joakim Klug (Vysus Group)
Best Practices Associated with Community Engagement Panels
2:20–2:30PM PDT
Thomas Jones (Pacific Gas and Electric Co.)
Presented by Maureen Zawalick (Diablo Canyon Power Plant)
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