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Mark Peterspresident@ans.org
One month into my term as president of the American Nuclear Society, it is already clear that the nuclear field continues to move quickly. June alone brought a striking number of developments, each one pointing to the momentum of this moment.
Antares’s Mark-0 microreactor reaching criticality at Idaho National Laboratory was more than a technical milestone. It effectively brought reactor No. 53 on line at a site that has shaped much of the nation’s nuclear history, with 52 reactors built there since 1951. And more criticality starts were delivered in June and July, enabled by the Department of Energy and its partnerships with private companies.
At the same time, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is continuing its broad regulatory reform effort, and nuclear technology is being used to help combat an outbreak of New World screwworm that has spread to the United States.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by FCWMD
Tuesday, June 9, 2020|4:35–6:20PM EDT|4
Session Chair:
Sven O. Bader
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Steven P. Nesbit
Staff Producer:
John Fabian (American Nuclear Society)
With the lack of political progress on a repository for HLW, this panel will take the opportunity to focus on the waste streams the U.S. nuclear complex (industry + government) does have waste disposal solutions for and will provide the current status of these disposal facilities. Hopefully through this discussion, the path towards success for a HLW repository will become evident. In addition, an update on the current status of the HLW repository program in the U.S. will be provided.
Sean Dunagan
Nuclear Waste Partnership (President, WIPP Operator)
David Carlson
Waste Control Specialists (President & COO)
Chip Martin
former Chief Nuclear Officer of NNSS (formerly NTS)
Vern Rogers
Energy Solutions
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