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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.
July 22–26, 2012
Enabling the Future of Nuclear Energy
San Diego, CA|Westin San Diego
Preregistration is closed; please register onsite. This conference is being organized in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency. The NPIC & HMIT 2012 International Topical Meeting will be held at the Westin San Diego, located at 400 West Broadway, San Diego, California, 92101. The special room rate for the meeting is $199.00 per night (single/double). To take advantage of this reduced rate, reservations must be made by June 30, 2012 - 5:00 PM (PST). Reservations can be made on their website at: http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/res?id=1201261494&key=2230A To register by phone for a guest room: 888-627-9033. Attendees must identify themselves as part of the American Nuclear Society to receive the Group rate. There is also a Government Rate offered for meeting attendees. Reservations can be made on their website at: http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/res?id=1201261494&key=D16E2
General Co-Chairs:
Julius J. Persensky (Idaho National Laboratory)
Bruce P. Hallbert (Idaho National Laboratory)
Technical Program Co-Chairs:
Sacit M. Cetiner (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Ronald Boring (Idaho National Laboratory)
Julie I. Reed (Westinghouse)
David Desaulniers (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)