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Radiation Protection & Shielding
The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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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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A more open future for nuclear research
A growing number of institutional, national, and funder mandates are requiring researchers to make their published work immediately publicly accessible, through either open repositories or open access (OA) publications. In addition, both private and public funders are developing policies, such as those from the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the European Commission, that ask researchers to make publicly available at the time of publication as much of their underlying data and other materials as possible. These, combined with movement in the scientific community toward embracing open science principles (seen, for example, in the dramatic rise of preprint servers like arXiv), demonstrate a need for a different kind of publishing outlet.
Executive Session|Panel
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Eucalyptus
Session Chairs:
Christina J. Leggett, Ph.D. (Booz Allen Hamilton)
Morris Hassler (IB3 Global Solutions, llc.)
Session Organizers:
Most advanced reactor designers plan to use high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel, including the two reactors selected by DOE’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program. Moreover, some utilities seek to use slightly higher enrichments in existing light-water reactors. However, there is an insufficient supply of HALEU to supply demonstration reactor needs, no domestic HALEU enrichment capability, and significant uncertainty surrounding long-term HALEU demands. To address these challenges, DOE has been down blending high-enriched uranium and has solicited input on a HALEU Availability Program. In addition, several enrichment companies have established HALEU programs. At this panel, panelists from the enrichment industry and government discuss the status and next steps for establishing a domestic HALEU fuel supply chain. Establishing domestic HALEU production capability will enable the US to expand its position in the global nuclear energy market while promoting its own nonproliferation agenda.
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