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The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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TerraPower begins U.K. regulatory approval process
Seattle-based TerraPower signaled its interest this week in building its Natrium small modular reactor in the United Kingdom, the company announced.
TerraPower sent a letter to the U.K.’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, formally establishing its intention to enter the U.K. generic design assessment (GDA) process. This is TerraPower’s first step in deployment of its Natrium technology—a 345-MW sodium fast reactor coupled with a molten salt energy storage unit—on the international stage.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by ETWDD|Cosponsored by YMG
Tuesday, June 9, 2020|4:35–6:20PM EDT
Session Chair:
Mimi H. Limbach
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Laura Hermann
Staff Producer:
Daniel Goldberg (American Nuclear Society)
The coronavirus (COVID-19) has upended the way organizations and individuals interact and communicate. As we practice social distancing and comply with “stay at home” orders, nuclear energy communicators have found ways to continue to tell the story of nuclear energy. This panel will feature insights and information from communications leaders who each have prevailed over the challenges that the coronavirus era presents for communicating with internal and external stakeholders.
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