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Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
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ANS Student Conference 2025
April 3–5, 2025
Albuquerque, NM|The University of New Mexico
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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Trump suggests U.S. takeover of Zaporizhzhia plant in Ukraine-Russia ceasefire talks
Amid recent ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine, President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. should take control of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants for long-term security, the Associated Press reported.
“American ownership of those plants could be the best protection for that infrastructure,” Trump suggested, according to a later statement.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by RPD
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|12:00–1:45PM EDT
Session Chair:
Massimiliano Fratoni (Univ. of California at Berkeley.)
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
David Strutz (ANS)
The use of artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) has rapidly expanded in many technologies and a growing number of applications are recently emerging in the nuclear field. This panel will discuss how the area of reactor physics and design can leverage AI/ML and the associated challenges.
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