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Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences
The mission of the Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences (DES) Division is to promote the development and use of those skills and technologies associated with the use of nuclear energy and the optimal management and stewardship of the environment, sustainable development, decommissioning, remediation, reutilization, and long-term surveillance and maintenance of nuclear-related installations, and sites. The target audience for this effort is the membership of the Division, the Society, and the public at large.
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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.
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|3:15–5:00PM PDT|San Simeon A
Session Chair:
Aman Gupta (Univ. Idaho)
Alternate Chair:
Gale Hauck (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
W. Neal Mann (ANL)
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Overview of the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE) Mission and Design
Daniel J. Walter (TerraPower), Kent Wardle (TerraPower), Zander Mausolff (TerraPower), Josh Walter (TerraPower), Jeff Latkowski (TerraPower)
Paper
Fuel Salt Sampling and Enriching Technology Design Development -- Interfacing Systems Analysis and Project Update
Megan Harkema (Vanderbilt Univ.), Steven Krahn (Vanderbilt Univ.), Paul Marotta (Vanderbilt Univ.)
Characterization of Potential Construction Schedules for Advanced Reactors
Gale Hauck (ORNL), Cory Ball (ORNL), T. Jay Harrison (ORNL), Samantha Sabatino (ORNL)
Rethinking Deployment Scenarios for Advanced Nuclear
Andrew Sowder (EPRI), Dan Moneghan (EPRI)
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