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Division Spotlight
Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
Meeting Spotlight
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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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Latest News
ARPA-E announces $40 million to develop transmutation technologies for UNF
The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) announced $40 million in funding to develop cutting-edge technologies to enable the transmutation of used nuclear fuel into less-radioactive substances. According to ARPA-E, the new initiative addresses one of the agency’s core goals as outlined by Congress: to provide transformative solutions to improve the management, cleanup, and disposal of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)
Plenary and Panel Session
Thursday, June 16, 2022|8:00–9:45AM PDT|Laguna A
Patterned after the highly successful closing plenary of ICNC 2019, the closing plenary of NCSD 2022 will provide a forum for each of the leaders of the 10 different technical tracks to present an overview of the papers discussed in their sessions share any emerging issues or themes with the broader NCS community. Each track representative will give a 5-10 minute highlight discussion. The meeting will be closed with preview presentation on ICNC 2023, which will be held in October of 2023 in Sendai, Japan.
Track 1: Lessons Learned in Nuclear Criticality Safety- Accidents, infractions, and lessons learned.
Track 2: Decontamination and Decommissioning- Recovery, restoration, and their respective challenges.
Track 3: Interesting Anomalies in Nuclear Criticality Safety- Non-intuitive phenomena, unexpected results, and interesting stories.
Track 4: Operational Practices- Operational criticality safety activities and applications.
Track 5: Fuel Storage, Transportation, and Disposal- Burnup credit, transportation needs, and storage issues.
Track 6: Experiments and Benchmarks- Measurements, experiments, and benchmarks.
Track 7: Codes, Data, and Methods- Analyses, validation, and sensitivities/uncertainties.
Track 8: Nuclear Criticality Safety for LEU+/HALEU- Response to growing needs for increased uranium enrichment.
Track 9: Knowledge Transfer- Education, Professional Development, and Training.
Track 10: Innovative Technologies and Thinking- Machine learning, Artificial Intelligence, etc.
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