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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.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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NRC staff: “We’ve already made progress”—Part 2
It’s been a busy eight months, Mike King told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in a recent hearing on the immediate and projected impacts of new federal legislation aimed at supporting the nation’s current nuclear energy renaissance.
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|8:00–9:45AM PDT|El Capitan A
Session Chairs:
Deborah A. Hill (NNL (UK))
Benjamin Martin (Y-12)
Session Organizer:
Kermit A. Bunde
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The First ICNC
Richard (Dick) Malenfant (LANL (Ret.))
Presented by David K. Hayes (LANL)
Paper
A Critique of Historical Criticality Accidents Through the Lens of Behavioral Economics
Brittany Williamson (Spectra Tech/SRNS)
Lessons Learned from a Site-Wide Container Improvement Initiative
Dallas Moser (Y-12 National Security Complex), Joshua Schwartz (Y-12 National Security Complex), Chris Haught (Y-12 National Security Complex)
A Comparison of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Uranium Metal-Water Systems Using Calculated and Experimental Critical Data
Rachel Bruenderman (Y-12 National Security Complex), Dallas Moser (Y-12 National Security Complex)
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