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Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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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NWMO chooses vendors for Canadian repository
Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization has selected five companies it is to work with to design and plan the organization’s proposed deep geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel. As the owner of the project, the NWMO will be working with WSP Canada, Peter Kiewit Sons (Kiewit), Hatch Ltd., Thyssen Mining Construction of Canada, and Kinectrics.
2024 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP)
Technical Session|Reactors for Heat and Combined Heat and Power
Tuesday, June 18, 2024|10:00–11:45AM PDT|Palm C
Session Chair:
Aaron S. Epiney (INL)
Session Organizers:
Hitesh Bindra (Purdue)
Track Organizers:
Alternate Chair:
Iza Lantgios (INL)
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Competitiveness Assessment of Decarbonizing Electricity and Process Heat Supply to a Campus with a Small Nuclear Reactor
10:00–10:20AM PDT
Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL), Josh Koons (ANL), Ed Hoffman (ANL), Anton Moisseytsev (ANL), Ryan Dailey (ANL), Jill Ptak (ANL), Claudio Filippone (Filippone and Assoc.), John Busch (ANL)
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Dynamic Modelling and Optimisation of a Small Modular Reactor for Electricity Production and District Heating in the Helsinki Region
10:20–10:40AM PDT
Guido C. Masotti (Politecnico di Milano), David Haubensack (CEA), Jussi-Pekka Ikonen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Tomi J. Lindroos (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Stefano Lorenzi (Politecnico di Milano), Gabriel L. Pavel (ENEN), Marco E. Ricotti (Politecnico di Milano)
Long-Term Power Dispatch Optimization and Real-Time Control of DETAIL Facility Using HERON-FARM
10:40–11:00AM PDT
Haoyu Wang (ANL), Roberto Ponciroli (ANL), Richard Vilim (ANL)
Assessment of the Thermal Extraction Capabilities of the HYBRID Modelica Models
11:00–11:20AM PDT
Iza G. Lantgios (INL), Logan D. Williams (INL), Daniel M. Mikkelson (INL)
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