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Thermal Hydraulics
The division provides a forum for focused technical dialogue on thermal hydraulic technology in the nuclear industry. Specifically, this will include heat transfer and fluid mechanics involved in the utilization of nuclear energy. It is intended to attract the highest quality of theoretical and experimental work to ANS, including research on basic phenomena and application to nuclear system design.
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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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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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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.
Steven Nesbit (Duke Energy), David Blee (U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council), Edward Davis (Pegasus Group), Alexander Hoppes (Areva)
Proceedings | 16th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference (IHLRWM 2017) | Charlotte, NC, April 9-13, 2017 | Pages 884-888
In 2016 the U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council’s (USNIC) Backend Working Group issued recommendations for breaking the nuclear waste management impasse. USNIC advocates a comprehensive, durable approach that includes the following elements:
• Complete the Yucca Mountain Repository Project license application process and re-establish a dedicated Department of Energy (DOE) organization for nuclear waste management.
• Pursue options for consolidated interim storage. Private sector solutions should be encouraged, and first priority should be given to used fuel currently residing at sites with no operating reactor.
• Assure shared value for host communities. The federal government should provide the necessary resources for impact assistance, along with incentives that support the long-term mission of the site and its value to the host community.
• Implement management and funding reform. This action should begin with the establishment of a separate, politically independent but accountable federal corporation-type organization. In addition, the Nuclear Waste Fund must be restructured so the new management entity has access to both the fund’s assets and annual receipts, subject to appropriate congressional oversight.
• Prepare for transportation of used fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Near-term work should focus on assuring the availability of necessary infrastructure and capabilities to move used fuel and high-level waste to consolidated storage facilities and repositories.
• Enhance research, development and demonstration. Continued work must enable advanced reactor and backend technologies that offer the promise of improved economics, enhanced safety, improved utilization of energy resources and optimization of waste management and disposal.
