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Division Spotlight
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.
Meeting Spotlight
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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 issues Palisades’ draft environmental review, seeks public comment
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is asking for public comments until March 3 on its environmental assessment (EA) and draft finding of no significant impact at Michigan’s Palisades nuclear power plant, where Holtec hopes to restart operations by the end of 2025.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Thursday, November 19, 2020|12:15–2:00PM EST
Session Chair:
Jun Wang (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison)
Alternate Chair:
Yuqiao "Joy" Fan (NC State Univ.)
Session Organizer:
Igor A. Bolotnov
Staff Producer:
Erica McGowan (American Nuclear Society)
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MELCOR Modeling of a 350 MWt Small Modular Reactor
Yukun Zhou (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Jun Wang (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Yapei Zhang (Xi'an Jiaotong University)
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CFD Simulations of the Sodium Cartridge Loop of the Versatile Test Reactor
Zhengting Quan (Purdue University), Ran Kong (Purdue University), Adam J. Dix (Purdue University), Seungjin Kim (Purdue University), Mamoru Ishii (Purdue University), Mitchell T. Farmer (Argonne National Laboratory)
CFD Thermal Analysis over a Narrow Channel for the Investigation of the PCM Solidification Criteria
Yonadan Choi (KAIST), Yong Hoon Jeong (KAIST)
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