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Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
12th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021)
Technical Session
Thursday, June 17, 2021|10:00–11:45AM EDT
Session Chair:
Markus Porthin (Paul Scherrer Institut)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Sung-Min Shin (KAERI)
Staff Producer:
Pat Schroeder (ANS)
This session will also include a panel discussion on the research and development needs concerning reliability modeling of digital I&C. Panelists: Hongbin Zhang (INL) Sung-Min Shin (KAERI) Hyun Gook Kang (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) Paolo Picca (Office For Nuclear Regulation)
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Integrated Risk Assessment of Digital I&C Safety Systems for Nuclear Power Plants
Hongbin Zhang (INL), Han Bao (INL), Tate Shorthill (Univ. of Pittsburgh), Edward Quinn (Technology Resources)
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WGRISK DIGMAP: Comparison of PSA Modeling Approaches for Digital I&C
Markus Porthin (Paul Scherrer Institut), Sung-Min Shin (KAERI), Milan Jaros (ÚJV Řež), Jiri Sedlak (ÚJV Řež), Paolo Picca (Office for Nuclear Regulation), Richard Quatrain (EDF), Jeanne Demgné (EDF), Hans Brinkman (NRG), Venkat Natarajan (NRG), Tero Tyrväinen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Christian Müller (Gesellschaft fuer Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit), Ewgenij Piljugin (Gesellschaft fuer Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit)
Risk Comparison Among Design Options of RPS with Diverse PLC and FPGA Systems
Hyun Gook Kang (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Kwang-Seop Son (KAERI), Seung Hwan Seong (KAERI)
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