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Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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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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.
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session
Monday, July 17, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT|Rotunda
Session Chair:
Pradeep Ramuhalli
Alternate Chair:
Hongbin Sun
Session Organizer:
Jamie B. Coble
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Enhanced Video-Level Anomaly Feature Detection for Nuclear Power Plant Component Inspections Using the Latency Mechanism
3:15–3:40PM EDT
Zhouxiang Fei (Univ. Strathclyde), Graeme M. West (Univ. Strathclyde), Paul Murray (Univ. Strathclyde), Gordon Dobie (Univ. Strathclyde)
Presented by Andrew Young (University of Strathclyde)
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PVC Detection in Sellafield Repackaging Procedures via Hyperspectral Imaging
3:40–4:05PM EDT
Jaime Zabalza (Univ. Strathclyde), Paul Murray (Univ. Strathclyde), Stephen Marshall (Univ. Strathclyde), Jinchang Ren (Robert Gordon Univ.), Robert Bernard (Sellafield), Steve Hepworth (Sellafield)
Automated X-ray Classification of Special Nuclear Materials as an Operator Aid
4:05–4:30PM EDT
Andrew Campbell (Univ. Strathclyde), Jaime Zabalza (Univ. Strathclyde), Paul Murray (Univ. Strathclyde), Stephen Marshall (Univ. Strathclyde), Neil Cockbain (National Nuclear Laboratory), Douglas Offin (National Nuclear Laboratory), Gareth Myers (Sellafield), Robert Bernard (Sellafield)
Classification of Ultrasonic B-Scan Images from Welding Defects Using a Convolutional Neural Network
4:30–4:55PM EDT
Hongbin Sun (ORNL), Richard Jacob (PNNL), Pradeep Ramuhalli (ORNL)
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