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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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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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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Don’t get boxed in: Entergy CNO Kimberly Cook-Nelson shares her journey
Kimberly Cook-Nelson
For Kimberly Cook-Nelson, the path to the nuclear industry started with a couple of refrigerator boxes and cellophane paper. Her sixth-grade science project was inspired by her father, who worked at Seabrook power station in New Hampshire as a nuclear operator.
“I had two big refrigerator boxes I taped together. I cut the ‘primary operating system’ and the ‘secondary system’ out of them. Then I used different colored cellophane paper to show the pressurized water system versus the steam versus the cold cooling water,” Cook-Nelson said. “My dad got me those little replica pellets that I could pass out to people as they were going by at my science fair.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Monday, June 17, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Jasmine A
Session Chair:
Praveen Thallapally (PNNL)
Alternate Chair:
Junghyun Bae
Session Organizer:
Harish Reddy Gadey
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Multi-Orientation Depth of Field Imaging with Cosmic-Ray Muons
3:15–3:35PM PDT
Jesus J. Valencia (Univ. New Mexico), J. Bacon (LANL), J M. Durham (LANL), E. Guardincerri (LANL), A.A. Hecht (Univ. New Mexico), C.L. Morris (LANL), D. Poulson (LANL)
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Homogeneity Evaluation for Geopolymer Waste Form with Spent Ion-Exchange Resin
3:35–3:55PM PDT
Seokyoung Oh (Pohang Univ. Science and Technology), Byoungkwan Kim (Pohang Univ. Science and Technology), Hyun-min Ma (Pohang Univ. Science and Technology), Wooyong Um (Pohang Univ. Science and Technology)
Impact of Ba on the Immobilization of Selenate Ettringite in Metakaolin-Based Geopolymer Waste Form
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Hyun-min Ma (Pohang Univ. Science and Technology), Byoungkwan Kim (Pohang Univ. Science and Technology), Seokyoung Oh (Pohang Univ. Science and Technology), Wooyong Um (Pohang Univ. Science and Technology)
On Demand HCl Production for Chlorination of U from Dissociated NH4Cl Through the Catalytic Removal of Ammonia Vapor
4:15–4:35PM PDT
Collin Andersen (Univ. Utah), Krista Carlson (Univ. Nevada, Reno), Michael Simpson (Univ. Utah)
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