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Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
Improving task performance, system reliability, system and personnel safety, efficiency, and effectiveness are the division's main objectives. Its major areas of interest include task design, procedures, training, instrument and control layout and placement, stress control, anthropometrics, psychological input, and motivation.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
Standards Program
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Discovering, Making, and Testing New Materials: SRNL’s Center For Hierarchical Waste Form Materials
Savannah River National Laboratory researchers are building on the laboratory’s legacy of using cutting-edge science to effectively immobilize nuclear waste in innovative ways. As part of the Center for Hierarchical Waste Form Materials, SRNL is leveraging its depth of experience in radiological waste management to explore new frontiers in the industry.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ANSTD
Monday, June 16, 2025|1:00–2:45PM CDT|Room 15 (ONLY avail. M 1:00, W 8:00)
Session Chair:
To B. Determined
Alternate Chair:
Session Organizer:
Jeffrey C. King
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CR-39 Nuclear Track Detector Responses and Aviation Route Dose Calculations
1:00–1:20PM CDT
Kah-Yeen Lim (Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan), Rong-Jiun Sheu (National Tsing Hua University), Zi-Yi Yang (Institute of Nuclear Energy Research)
Paper
Criticality Assessment of a Lightweight HALEU & HEU-fueled NTP System
1:20–1:40PM CDT
Jonah Lau (Purdue University), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue University), Adrian Tymes (CubeCab)
Impact of Real Gas Properties on Multiphysics Modeling of a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Fuel Element
1:40–2:00PM CDT
Corey D. Smith (Analytical Mechanics Associates (AMA)), Jacob Stonehill (Analytical Mechanics Associates (AMA))
Experimental Study of an Interstellar Fusion Propulsion Architecture
2:00–2:20PM CDT
Gerald P. Jackson (Hbar Technologies, LLC), Grace E. Bittlingmaier (Beam Alpha Incorporated)
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