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Young Members Group
The Young Members Group works to encourage and enable all young professional members to be actively involved in the efforts and endeavors of the Society at all levels (Professional Divisions, ANS Governance, Local Sections, etc.) as they transition from the role of a student to the role of a professional. It sponsors non-technical workshops and meetings that provide professional development and networking opportunities for young professionals, collaborates with other Divisions and Groups in developing technical and non-technical content for topical and national meetings, encourages its members to participate in the activities of the Groups and Divisions that are closely related to their professional interests as well as in their local sections, introduces young members to the rules and governance structure of the Society, and nominates young professionals for awards and leadership opportunities available to members.
Meeting Spotlight
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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Nuclear new build procurement considerations
It may seem counterintuitive, but the best time to enhance the ability to support operations and maintenance for a new plant is before construction starts. This is one of many lessons learned by the currently operating nuclear fleet. As construction and startup of many nuclear facilities was completed, it quickly became evident that the ability to efficiently support operations and maintenance was limited. Most of the information necessary to establish and manage procurement of spare and replacement items, maintenance, and configuration of the facilities was unavailable and had to be gathered on a case-by-case, “on-demand” basis. Absence of necessary information and the associated challenges resulted in the need for staff augmentation and multiyear-long projects to develop equipment bills of material and maintenance programs and to perform technical evaluations for the huge quantities of spare and replacement items being requested.
Technical Session|Lightning Talks
Thursday, October 10, 2024|10:15AM–12:00PM MDT|Room 5
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UZrCN Formation Optimization through Spark Plasma Sintering Methods
10:15–10:22AM MDT
James M. Zillinger (INL), Randall Scott (INL), Nathan D. Jerred (INL), Sarah Hamilton (INL)
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Electrochemical Behaviors of Fe, Ni, Cr, and Mn ions in NaCl-MgCl2 Molten Salt
10:22–10:29AM MDT
Suhyeon Lee (Department of Energy & Environmental Engineering, Soonchunhyang University), Hyunjin Boo (Department of Energy & Environmental Engineering, Soonchunhyang University), Byung G. Park (Department of Energy & Environmental Engineering, Soonchunhyang University)
Nuclear Fuels at Temperature and Pressure Extremes: Probing Phonon Anharmonicity for Enabling Advanced Nuclear Fuels for Next-generation Reactors
10:29–10:36AM MDT
Amey R. Khanolkar (INL), Saqeeb Adnan (The Ohio State University), David Hurley (INL), Marat Khafizov (The Ohio State University)
Low-Temperature Structural Distortions in α-U Crystals Probed by High-Resolution Dilatometry
10:36–10:43AM MDT
Volodymyr Buturlim (Glenn T. Seaborg Institute, Idaho National Laboratory), Xiaxin Ding (INL), Sabin Regmi (Center for Quantum Actinide science and Technology, Idaho National Laboratory), Chris Marianetti (Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University), Michael Manley (Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Jason Jeffries (LLNL), Krzysztof Gofryk (Glenn T. Seaborg Institute, Idaho National Laboratory)
Planning for and Initial Investigations into Irradiated Waste Form Performance
10:43–10:50AM MDT
Morgan Kropp (INL), Matthew D. Horkley (INL), Toni Karlsson (INL), Kevin R. Tolman (INL), Stephen Warmann (INL)
Computational Fluid Dynamic Model and Analysis of a High-Level Waste Melter
10:50–10:57AM MDT
Victor Coppo Leite (INL), Donna P. Guillen (INL), Pavel Ferkl (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Mark Hall (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Richard Pokorny (University of Chemistry and Technology), Albert A. Kruger (U.S. Department of Energy)
Review of Shielding Lessons Learned from the US Army ML1 Reactor
10:57–11:04AM MDT
Aaron B. Horwood (University of South Carolina), Samuel E. Bays (INL), Travis W. Knight (University of South Carolina)
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