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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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X-energy, Dow apply to build an advanced reactor project in Texas
Dow and X-energy announced today that they have submitted a construction permit application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a proposed advanced nuclear project in Seadrift, Texas. The project could begin construction later this decade, but only if Dow confirms “the ability to deliver the project while achieving its financial return targets.”
Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024)
Technical Session
Monday, November 18, 2024|1:00–2:45PM EST|Longboat 2
Session Chairs:
Jason D. Haverkamp (NNL)
Ahmad Ibrahim
Session Organizer:
Mathieu Dupont
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Rapid Dose Rate Assessment of UK Radioactive Waste Transports to a Geological Disposal Facility Using a Hybrid Radiation Transport Code and Python Scripting Method
1:00–1:20PM EST
Matthew Thomson (Nuclear Transport Solutions), Jack Warrington (Nuclear Transport Solutions)
Paper
Analysis of Second Target Station Target Removal Dose Rates
1:20–1:40PM EST
Tucker C. McClanahan (ORNL), Igor Remec (ORNL)
Surface Monitor Placement Analysis for STS Accelerator Personnel Protection System
1:40–2:00PM EST
Wouter C. de Wet (ORNL)
COG 11.3 Validation for Shielding Applications
2:00–2:20PM EST
David P. Heinrichs (LLNL), Edward M. Lent (LLNL), Chuck K. Lee (LLNL), Soon S. Kim (LLNL), Jacob D. Glesmann (LLNL)
Radiation Dose Assessment in Retrospective Dosimetry Using TRIPOLI-4® and Computational Phantoms
2:20–2:40PM EST
Yi-Kang Lee (CEA), Francois-Xavier Hugot (CEA)
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