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The Young Members Group works to encourage and enable all young professional members to be actively involved in the efforts and endeavors of the Society at all levels (Professional Divisions, ANS Governance, Local Sections, etc.) as they transition from the role of a student to the role of a professional. It sponsors non-technical workshops and meetings that provide professional development and networking opportunities for young professionals, collaborates with other Divisions and Groups in developing technical and non-technical content for topical and national meetings, encourages its members to participate in the activities of the Groups and Divisions that are closely related to their professional interests as well as in their local sections, introduces young members to the rules and governance structure of the Society, and nominates young professionals for awards and leadership opportunities available to members.
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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
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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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The American Nuclear Society’s Diversity and Inclusion in ANS (DIA) Committee hosted a workshop social at the 2024 Winter Conference & Expo in November that brought dozens of attendees together for an engaging—and educational—twist on the game show Family Feud.
J. C. Helton,* R. L. Iman, J. D. Johnson,+, C. D. Leigh
Nuclear Technology | Volume 73 | Number 3 | June 1986 | Pages 320-342
Technical Paper | Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT86-A16075
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An uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of the MAEROS model for multicomponent aerosol dynamics is presented. Analysis techniques based on Latin hypercube sampling and regression analysis are used to study the behavior of a two-component aerosol in a nuclear power plant containment for a transient accident with loss of alternating current power (i.e., a TMLB’ accident). Conditional on assumed ranges and distributions for selected independent variables (e.g., initial distributions and mass loadings for each component, temperature, pressure, shape factors), estimates are made for distributions of model predictions and for the independent variables that influence these predictions. The analysis indicated that, for the situation under consideration, variables related to agglomeration (e.g., dynamic shape factor, material density, agglomeration shape factor, and turbulence dissipation rate) tended to dominate the observed variability. For comparison, an analysis based on differential techniques is also given. Furthermore, a study of the effects on MAEROS predictions due to the number of particle size classes and the particle size class boundaries is presented. This analysis was performed as part of a project to develop a new system of computer codes (i.e., the MELCOR code system) for use in risk assessments for nuclear power plants.