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Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
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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.
Technical Session|Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion
Friday, April 5, 2024|1:35–2:55PM EDT|Engineering Services Building Room 122
Session Chair:
Christopher T. Balbier (Penn State University)
Alternate Chair:
Jacob Maxeiner (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog (Penn State University)
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Radiation Mapping of a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion System
1:35–1:55PM EDT
Joseph P. Rumbaugh (U.S. Military Academy), Alexander J. Lesko (U.S. Military Academy), Gabrielle I. Hall (U.S. Military Academy), Marissa A. Massey (U.S. Military Academy)
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Mars and Beyond: Design of a Nuclear Space Propulsion System
1:55–2:15PM EDT
Lucas Diehl (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Ben A. Impson (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Anthony J. Hall (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), Candler Langston (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.)
Lunar Power: Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator
2:15–2:35PM EDT
Logan J. Hiland (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ.), Joey Meboe (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ.), Gabriel Payan (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ.), Karl Heine (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ.)
Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket CFE Temperature Distribution Analysis using Ansys
2:35–2:55PM EDT
Drew C. Stuffick (Penn State), Zachary T. Herzog (Penn State), Saeed Alhosani (Penn State)
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