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Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences
The mission of the Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences (DES) Division is to promote the development and use of those skills and technologies associated with the use of nuclear energy and the optimal management and stewardship of the environment, sustainable development, decommissioning, remediation, reutilization, and long-term surveillance and maintenance of nuclear-related installations, and sites. The target audience for this effort is the membership of the Division, the Society, and the public at large.
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Contractor selected for Belgian LLW/ILW facility
Brussels-based construction group Besix announced that is has been chosen by the Belgian agency for radioactive waste management ONDRAF/NIRAS for construction of the country’s surface disposal facility for low- and intermediate-level short-lived nuclear waste in Dessel.
Advanced Reactor Safety (ARS)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Palm B
Session Chair:
Matthew R. Denman
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Alternate Chair:
David S. Grabaskas
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Leveraging Inverse Uncertainty Quantification to Enhance the Resilience of Nuclear Power Plant Construction Duration Estimation
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Priyanka Pandit (NCSU), Arjun Earthperson (NCSU), Mihai Diaconeasa (NCSU)
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Regulatory Treatment of Low Frequency External Events under a Risk-Informed Performance-Based Licensing Pathway: Enhanced SPRA-based Margins Assessment
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Ben Chen (ANL), David Grabaskas (ANL)
Primary Site Selection for Air Freight Transport of Department of Defense Microreactors
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Thomas M. O'Connell (NCSU), Yahya A. Alzahrani (NCSU), Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Protecting Microreactors from Extreme External Threats
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Amaury Le Person (MIT), Koroush Shirvan (MIT), Andrew Whittaker (Univ. Buffalo)
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