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Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
Improving task performance, system reliability, system and personnel safety, efficiency, and effectiveness are the division's main objectives. Its major areas of interest include task design, procedures, training, instrument and control layout and placement, stress control, anthropometrics, psychological input, and motivation.
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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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NRC dockets construction permit for Dow, X-energy SMR
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted Dow’s construction permit application to build an X-energy small modular reactor in Seadrift, Texas.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ETWDD
Tuesday, June 9, 2020|2:30–4:15PM EDT
Session Chair:
Andrew E. Thomas
Alternate Chair:
James Baciak (University of Florida)
Session Organizer:
Lisa M. Marshall (NCSU)
Staff Producer:
Paul LaTour (American Nuclear Society)
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PLuS Alliance Nuclear Engineering Online Course Exchange Program
Keith E. Holbert (Arizona State Univ.), John Fletcher (Univ. New South Wales), Patrick A. Burr (Univ. New South Wales), Edward G. Obbard (Univ. New South Wales)
Paper
Neutronic and Thermal Hydraulic Calculations for Subcritical Fissile Solution System Analysis
Seung Jun Kim (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Andrew W. Larsen (LANL), Kelley M. Verner (LANL), Joetta M. Goda (LANL), Alexander J. Wass (LANL)
Flawless Fusion in Less Than 60 Seconds Over Similar or Dissimilar Material
Paul Cheng (Univ. Alberta)
Considerations for Bringing New Suppliers into the Nuclear Supply Chain
Elina Teplinsky (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman), Anne Leidich (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman)
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