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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
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Disney World should have gone nuclear
There is extra significance to the American Nuclear Society holding its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, this past week. That’s because in 1967, the state of Florida passed a law allowing Disney World to build a nuclear power plant.
David Garrido (ENSA), Steven Ross (PNNL), Paul E. McConnell, Willaim Uncapher (SNL), Philip Jensen, Nicholas Klymyshyn (PNNL), Sylvia Saltzstein, Ken Sorenson (SNL), Brady Hanson, Ralph Best (PNNL), William Shust (Objective Engineers), Jeff L. England (SRNS), Russ Walker, Ruben Pena (Transportation Technology Center, Inc.)
Proceedings | 16th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference (IHLRWM 2017) | Charlotte, NC, April 9-13, 2017 | Pages 72-78
The objective of the shock and vibration testing program is to quantify mechanical loads on fuel assembly components that would occur during normal conditions of transportation (NCT) by various modes. This information will guide materials research and establish a technical basis for review organizations such as the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). A significant body of experimental and numerical modeling data exists to quantify loads and failure limits applicable to NCT rail transport, but the data are either out-of-date relative to present day railroad operations and equipment, or are based on assumptions that can only be verified through experimental testing. The summary presented herein represents a collaboration among many stakeholders to define the path for acquiring new data that is needed to validate the assumptions of previous work, validate modelling methods that will be needed to evaluate the mechanical responses of used nuclear fuel that will be transported in the future in large rail casks, and inform material test campaigns on the anticipated range of stresses that will be imposed on nuclear fuel cladding. This work will include full scale testing of a used nuclear fuel cask, cradle, rail car, and surrogate fuel assemblies and will encompass intermodal transloading, heavy-haul truck transport, barge transport, ocean going vessel transport, and rail transport as well as captive track tests. The ultimate goal of this testing will be to close some of the existing knowledge gaps related to the mechanical loads that would be imposed on used nuclear fuel under NCT and inform the experiments and analysis efforts