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The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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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|Advanced Reactors
Tuesday, October 8, 2024|3:15–5:00PM MDT|Room 4
Session Chair:
James A. King (INL)
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Design and Development of the ISHA-1 Capsule for Irradiation Experiment in the INL Advanced Test Reactor
3:15–3:35PM MDT
Lydia V. Mayer (INL), Michael Fanning (INL), Boone Beausoleil (INL)
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Reactor Containment Passive Safety Analysis: Steam Condensation in Presence of Non-Condensable Gas Scaled Experiment and Modeling
3:35–3:55PM MDT
Palash K. Bhowmik (INL), Joshua P. Schlegel (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Piyush Sabharwall (INL)
MARVEL Microreactor Thermal Hydraulic Design
3:55–4:15PM MDT
C. Parisi (INL), Y. Arafat (Aalo Atomics)
Preliminary Feasibility Assessment of a Naturally Circulating, Small Integral MSR
4:15–4:35PM MDT
Ethan Gunnell (AlphaTech Research Corp.), Andrew W. Larsen (Brigham Young Univ.), Brittney L. Blackwood (AlphaTech Research Corp.), Caden Wilson (AlphaTech Research Corp.), John N. Harb (AlphaTech Research Corp.), John Benson (AlphaTech Research Corp.), Matthew J. Memmott (AlphaTech Research Corp.)
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