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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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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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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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Norway’s Halden reactor takes first step toward decommissioning
The government of Norway has granted the transfer of the Halden research reactor from the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) to the state agency Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning (NND). The 25-MWt Halden boiling water reactor operated from 1958 to 2018 and was used in the research of nuclear fuel, reactor internals, plant procedures and monitoring, and human factors.
18th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2023)
Kevin Coyne is the Senior Level Advisor for Probabilistic Risk Assessment in the Division of Risk Analysis in the NRC’s Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. He joined the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in 1994 as a graduate fellow and since that time has served in a number of progressively responsible positions, including reliability and risk analyst and operations engineer in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, resident inspector in Region III; Technical Assistant and Chief, Probabilistic Risk Assessment Branch, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research; and management positions in the Office of New Reactors and the Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards. Before joining the NRC, Dr. Coyne was a nuclear shift test engineer at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. He has an undergraduate degree in nuclear engineering and masters’ degrees in nuclear and mechanical and aerospace engineering from the University of Virginia; and a masters and doctorate in reliability engineering from the University of Maryland. Dr. Coyne is a licensed Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a graduate of the NRC’s Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program, and a recipient of the NRC’s Meritorious Service Award.
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