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Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
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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.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|10:00–11:45AM MST|Noble
Session Chair:
Christina Leggett (Booz Allen Hamilton)
Alternate Chair:
Kim Petry (US DOE)
Session Organizer:
Brady D. Hanson
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Sensitivity Analysis of Fuel Cycle Transitions Using Cyclus-Dakota
10:00–10:20AM MST
Amanda M. Bachmann (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Scott Richards (ANL), Madicken Munk (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Bo Feng (ANL)
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Grimsel Test Site -- Highlights from the Underground Rock Laboratory in the Swiss Alps
10:20–10:40AM MST
Ingo Blechschmidt (Nagra), Raphael Schneeberger (Nagra), Florian Kober (Nagra), Andrew Martin (Nagra), Thomas Spillmann (Nagra), Emiliano Stopelli (Nagra), Stratis Vomvoris (Nagra), Herwig R. Muller (Nagra)
Consolidated Interim Storage Facility Concept and Capabilities Development
10:40–11:00AM MST
Nicholas Klymyshyn (PNNL), Stuart Arm (PNNL), Eric Berglin (PNNL), Carl Enderlin (PNNL), Beric Wells (PNNL), Nathan Philips (PNNL), Jason Serkowski (PNNL), Ryan Meyer (PNNL), Joe Carter (PNNL)
System Analysis Modeling and Intermodal Transportation for Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel
11:00–11:20AM MST
H.R. Gadey (PNNL), M. Nutt (PNNL), P. Jensen (PNNL), R. Howard (PNNL), R. Joseph (INL), L. Vander Wal (ANL), R. Cumberland (ORNL)
Nuclear Governance Issues Affecting Multinational Repository Concepts
11:20–11:40AM MST
Leon Kegel (ARAO), Charles McCombie (McCombie Consulting)
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