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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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NRC okays construction permits for Hermes 2 test facility
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced yesterday that it has directed staff to issue construction permits to Kairos Power for the company's proposed Hermes 2 nonpower test reactor facility to be built at the Heritage Center Industrial Park in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The permits authorize Kairos to build a facility with two 35-MWt test reactors that would use molten salt to cool the reactor cores.
Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting (NCSD 2022)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|El Capitan A
Session Chairs:
Theresa Cutler (LANL)
Alfie O'Neill
Session Organizer:
John A. Miller
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Modeling Techniques for Raschig Rings
Larry L. Wetzel (BWXT)
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Hand Calculations for Nuclear Criticality Safety -- Primer Revision
Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL), Robert D. Busch (CS Engineering), Tristan Lotivio (Boston Government Services)
UP1 Reprocessing Plant -- Dismantling of Safe Geometry Vessels with Cadmium-Bitumen Screens -- Criticality Safety Issues
Laurent Cholvy (CEA), Laurent Athenour (CEA), Cyril Chave (CEA)
Characterization and Evacuation of Historical Irradiated Fuels
Clement Lopez (CEA), Fleur Lespinasse (CEA), Maxime Wijayalath (CEA), Vincent Roux (CEA)
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