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Radiation Protection & Shielding
The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
Meeting Spotlight
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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Latest News
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|Fuel Cycle and Waste Management
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Palm C
Session Chair:
Amanda Bachmann (ANL)
Alternate Chair:
Kathryn Mummah (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
Session Organizers:
Joohyun Moon (Dankook University)
Vivek P. Utgikar (Univ. Idaho)
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Conceptual Design of a Fission Batteries Process (FIBAPRO) Facility
1:00–1:20PM PDT
Lucas Lallemant (Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nucléaires), Jacopo Buongiorno (MIT), Shafiqul Islam (Univ. Dhaka)
Paper
Introduction of Fusion Reactor as Transmutation System for Minor Actinides and Fission Product
1:20–1:40PM PDT
Hidetoshi Hashizume (Tohoku Univ.), Hiroki Shishido (Tohoku Univ.)
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