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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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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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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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RP3C Community of Practice’s fifth anniversary
In February, the Community of Practice (CoP) webinar series, hosted by the American Nuclear Society Standards Board’s Risk-informed, Performance-based Principles and Policies Committee (RP3C), celebrated its fifth anniversary. Like so many online events, these CoPs brought people together at a time when interacting with others became challenging in early 2020. Since the kickoff CoP, which highlighted the impact that systems engineering has on the design of NuScale’s small modular reactor, the last Friday of most months has featured a new speaker leading a discussion on the use of risk-informed, performance-based (RIPB) thinking in the nuclear industry. Providing a venue to convene for people within ANS and those who found their way online by another route, CoPs are an opportunity for the community to receive answers to their burning questions about the subject at hand. With 50–100 active online participants most months, the conversation is always lively, and knowledge flows freely.
Michael J. Bennett, Michael R. Houlton, Donald A. Moore, Alan I. Foster, Michael A. M. Swidzinski
Nuclear Technology | Volume 66 | Number 3 | September 1984 | Pages 518-522
E. Friction and Wear | Status of Metallic Materials Development for Application in Advanced High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor / Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT84-A33474
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Vapor-deposited silica coatings could extend the life of the 20% Cr/25% Ni niobium stabilized (20/25/Nb) stainless steel fuel cladding of the U.K. advanced gas-cooled reactors. A chemical vapor deposition coating process developed originally to be undertaken at atmospheric pressure has now been adapted for operation at reduced pressure. Trials on this process have been pursued to the production scale using commercial equipment. The effectiveness of the silica coatings produced in providing protection to 20/25/Nb steel surfaces against oxidation and carbonaceous deposition has been evaluated.
