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The Mission of the Robotics and Remote Systems Division is to promote the development and application of immersive simulation, robotics, and remote systems for hazardous environments for the purpose of reducing hazardous exposure to individuals, reducing environmental hazards and reducing the cost of performing work.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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“The time is now” to advance U.S. nuclear—Part 1
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is gearing up to tackle an influx of licensing requests and oversight of advanced nuclear reactor technology, especially small modular reactors.
Technical Session|Detection and Analysis
Wednesday, September 11, 2024|3:00–3:50PM EDT|Colonial Ballroom
Session Chair:
Marisa J. Monreal
Alternate Chair:
Kiel S. Holliday
Session Organizer:
Jason R. Jeffries
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Identifying Chemical Signatures of Plutonium Oxide Particles for Nuclear Forensics Using Synchrotron X-Rays
3:00–3:30PM EDT
Alexander Baker (LLNL), Rachel Lim (LLNL), Alexander Ditter (Berkeley Lab), Scott Donald (LLNL), David Shuh (Berkeley Lab), Brandon Chung (LLNL)
Paper
Spectroscopic Interrogation of NpO2 and PuO2 Synthesized from Discrete Molecular Precursors
3:30–3:50PM EDT
S. Olivia Gunther (Berkeley Lab), Trevor Arino (Berkeley Lab), Appie Peterson (Berkeley Lab), Joshua J. Woods (Berkeley Lab), Jefferey R. McLachaln (Berkeley Lab), Luis Aguirre Quintana (Berkeley Lab), Jennifer N. Wacker (Berkeley Lab), David K. Shuh (Berkeley Lab), Rebecca Abergel (Berkeley Lab)
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