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Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences
The mission of the Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences (DES) Division is to promote the development and use of those skills and technologies associated with the use of nuclear energy and the optimal management and stewardship of the environment, sustainable development, decommissioning, remediation, reutilization, and long-term surveillance and maintenance of nuclear-related installations, and sites. The target audience for this effort is the membership of the Division, the Society, and the public at large.
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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.
2023 ANS WINTER CONFERENCE AND EXPO
Tabitha Dodson is the Program Manager in the DARPA Tactical Technology Office for the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program. She came to DARPA to create the DRACO program in 2018 five years ago. Dr Dodson has a PhD in Applied Physics from the Air Force Institute of Technology and a PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from George Washington University, where she did her theses in nuclear thermal rocket fuel and nuclear radiation effects. Dr Dodson also has a Masters from GW from the Space Policy Institute and a bachelors degree in Physics. She has worked as an Adjunct professor in both the US Naval Academy and the Air Force Institute of Technology teaching orbital mechanics, space power and aerospace propulsion, injecting nuclear-space technologies. She has held a variety of senior and leadership positions in previous space missions with the US Air Force and has past experience at NASA Marshall fabricating and testing nuclear thermal rocket fuel.
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