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Young Members Group
The Young Members Group works to encourage and enable all young professional members to be actively involved in the efforts and endeavors of the Society at all levels (Professional Divisions, ANS Governance, Local Sections, etc.) as they transition from the role of a student to the role of a professional. It sponsors non-technical workshops and meetings that provide professional development and networking opportunities for young professionals, collaborates with other Divisions and Groups in developing technical and non-technical content for topical and national meetings, encourages its members to participate in the activities of the Groups and Divisions that are closely related to their professional interests as well as in their local sections, introduces young members to the rules and governance structure of the Society, and nominates young professionals for awards and leadership opportunities available to members.
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 THD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Jasmine E
Session Chair:
Shanbin Shi (RPI)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Ferry Roelofs (NRG)
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Integration of a Clad Damage Propagation Model into PRONGHORN-SC for Fast Reactors
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Aydin Karahan (ANL)
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Investigation of Core Inlet Flow Distribution for the Westinghouse Lead Fast Reactor
1:20–1:40PM PDT
E. Tatli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), T. Loebig (Westinghouse Electric Co.), C. Stansbury (Westinghouse Electric Co.), P. Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Simulating Radionuclide Retention Experiment in Liquid Sodium Pools Using MELCOR Code
1:40–2:00PM PDT
Gabriel Dengler-Jeanblanc (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), WooHyun Jung (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Michael Corradini (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Benjamin Lindley (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Towards a 3D Multi-Physics Model of MSRE
2:00–2:20PM PDT
Ferry Roelofs (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), Victor Habiyaremye (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), Akshat Mathur (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), Heleen Uitslag-Doolaard (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group)
Neutronics and Thermal Hydraulics Analysis of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor
2:20–2:40PM PDT
Casey Emler (Penn State), Elia Merzari (Penn State), Saya Lee (Penn State), William Walters (Penn State)
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