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Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
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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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Japanese researchers test detection devices at West Valley
Two research scientists from Japan’s Kyoto University and Kochi University of Technology visited the West Valley Demonstration Project in western New York state earlier this fall to test their novel radiation detectors, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced on November 19.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by RRSD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|8:00–9:45AM PDT|Jasmine E
Session Chair:
William C. Eason
Alternate Chair:
Venugopal K. Varma
Session Organizer:
Adam J. Carroll
Robotic devices are always preferable to direct human contact in hazardous or potentially hazardous environments. The nuclear industry poses hazards going far beyond explosive, flammable, toxic atmospheres. The danger of exposure to gamma radiation in hot cells has always been a difficult issue. Electronic controllers within a hot cell can be exposed to gamma with rapid degradation. The radiation adds energy to the electronic component materials causing rapid degradation and molecule breakup in most cases. This panel shall discuss new capabilities and remaining challenges for robotics in highly hazardous environments.
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