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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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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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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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Siting of Canadian repository gets support of tribal nation
Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) announced that Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation has indicated its willingness to support moving forward to the next phase of the site selection process to host a deep geological repository for Canada’s spent nuclear fuel.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD|Cosponsored by OPD
Wednesday, June 10, 2020|4:35–6:20PM EDT
Session Chair:
Abdalla Abou Jaoude (INL)
Session Organizers:
Pavel V. Tsvetkov (LANL)
Jeffrey C. King (Colorado School of Mines)
John Bess (INL)
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Staff Producer:
Jessica Vazquez (American Nuclear Society)
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Depletion Analysis of a Micro-Reactor Annular Heat Pipe Fuel Element
Subash Sharma (Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell), Stephanie Astudillo-Gomez (Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell), Alec Golas (Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell)
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MINI-SMR-21 in Once-through Long-lived Fuel Cycle Feasibility Assessment
Gray Chang (JFoster and Associates), James Harrell (Co-Author), Julie Foster (JFoster & Associates, LLC)
A Numerical Tool for Space Nuclear Reactor Design based on Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs)
V. Richard (Université Grenoble-Alpes), Franco Quinteros (University Grenoble-Alpes), J. Giraud (Université Grenoble-Alpes), V. Ghetta (Université Grenoble-Alpes), J. Blanco (Université Grenoble-Alpes), M. Tano (Texas A&M Univ.), P. Rubiolo (Université Grenoble-Alpes)
Optimal Sizing of a Micro-Reactor for Embedded Grid Systems
Kathryn D. Huff (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Samuel G. Dotson (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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Advanced Nuclear Engineering to Support Space Exploration
Yoichi Momozaki (ANL), Florent Heidet (ANL)
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