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Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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2027 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
October 31–November 4, 2027
Washington, DC|The Westin Washington, DC Downtown
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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Siting of Canadian repository gets support of tribal nation
Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) announced that Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation has indicated its willingness to support moving forward to the next phase of the site selection process to host a deep geological repository for Canada’s spent nuclear fuel.
Johanna Wydra, Alexander Marsteller, Robin Größle, Florian Priester, Michael Sturm
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 80 | Number 3 | May 2024 | Pages 616-622
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2023.2238170
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Experimental values for the viscosity of the radioactive hydrogen isotope tritium (T2) are currently unavailable in literature. The value of this material property over a wide temperature range is of interest for applications in the fields of fusion and neutrino physics, as well as to test ab initio calculations. As a radioactive gas, tritium requires a careful experiment design to ensure safe and environmental contamination–free measurements. In this contribution, we present a spinning rotor gauge–based tritium-compatible design of a gas viscosity measurement apparatus, or ViMA, capable of covering the temperature range from 80 to 300 K.
