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The 2024 ANS election results are in!
Spring marks the passing of the torch for American Nuclear Society leadership. During this election cycle, ANS members voted for the newest vice president/president-elect, four members-at-large for the Board of Directors, and one Young Member director for the Board. New professional division leadership was also decided on in the election, which opened on February 20 and closed on April 9. About 22 percent of eligible members voted—a similar turnout to last year.
12th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|2:15–4:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Cody Walker (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Jamie B. Coble (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
Session Organizer:
Staff Producer:
Mary Tong (ANS)
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I&C System Architectures in a New Light
Mark Burzynski (SunPort S.A.), Sean Kelley (SunPort S.A.)
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In-Core Monitoring System (ICMS) for VVER Reactors: 25 Years Later
Alexander Vereschaka (NRC Kurchatov Institute), Viacheslav Nebolsin (NRC Kurchatov Institute), Alexander Musikhin (NRC Kurchatov Institute), Andrey Kalinushkin (NRC Kurchatov Institute)
Sensor Technology for Molten Salt Reactor Off-Gas Systems
Hunter Andrews (ORNL), Joanna McFarlane (ORNL), David Holcomb (ORNL), Dianne Bull Ezell (ORNL), Kristian Myhre (ORNL), Amanda Lines (PNNL), Samuel Bryan (PNNL), Heather Felmy (PNNL)
How Plug and Play Technology Solves Metering Obsolescence and Reduces Spare Inventory
Otto P. Fest (Otek Corp.), Chris Foster (Otek Corp.)
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