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Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
Meeting Spotlight
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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Survey says . . . Emotional intelligence important in nuclear industry
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.
R. Wilson, G. A. Vivian, W. J. Chase, G. Armitage, L. J. Sennema
Nuclear Technology | Volume 72 | Number 3 | March 1986 | Pages 231-245
Technical Paper | Radiation Protection and Health Physics Practices and Experience in Operating Reactors Internationally / Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT86-A33762
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Occupational doses received during the operation and maintenance of Ontario Hydro’s pressurized heavy water nuclear power reactors are reported and comparisons made with occupational doses received during the operation of other reactor types in various nuclear power programs. The organizational and technical factors that have contributed to significant occupational dose reductions in Ontario Hydro’s program over the past 20 yr are discussed. Dose reduction practices in the design and operation of Ontario Hydro’s nuclear power reactors are described.