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ANS holds Educator Training webinar on nuclear waste
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Perfetti
A recent American Nuclear Society webinar tackled misconceptions about nuclear waste. Christopher Perfetti, an associate professor of nuclear engineering at the University of New Mexico, presented “The How, Why, and Where of Nuclear Waste,” the latest online event in ANS’s Educator Training series.
Moderated by ANS past president Eric Loewen (2011–12), this presentation was built to be an accessible and informative Nuclear Waste 101 offering as part of the Society’s broader effort to develop a program specifically tailored to educating K-12 teachers.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by NISD
Wednesday, June 10, 2020|12:00–2:10PM EDT
Session Chair:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu
Alternate Chair:
Matthew R. Denman
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
Patricia Schroeder (American Nuclear Society)
The licensing modernization process (LMP) provides a risk-informed framework to enable the efficient licensing of non-light water reactors. This panel will provide insights from the LMP authors, reactor designers, and the nuclear regulatory commission regarding how well the LMP is working and the future landscape of reactor licensing.
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