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Robotics & Remote Systems
The Mission of the Robotics and Remote Systems Division is to promote the development and application of immersive simulation, robotics, and remote systems for hazardous environments for the purpose of reducing hazardous exposure to individuals, reducing environmental hazards and reducing the cost of performing work.
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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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WIPP’s SSCVS: A breath of fresh air
This spring, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced that it had achieved a major milestone by completing commissioning of the Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System (SSCVS) facility—a new, state-of-the-art, large-scale ventilation system at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the DOE’s geologic repository for defense-related transuranic (TRU) waste in New Mexico.
Technical Session|Sponsored by ANSTD
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Avila A
Session Chair:
Jeffrey C. King
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Richard H. Howard
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Preliminary Conceptual Design of a Heat Pipe Cooled Traveling Wave Reactor
Po Hu (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.), Kunfeng Ma (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.)
Presented by Zeyun Wu (VCU)
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Parallel Neutronic and Thermodynamic Modeling of Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rockets
Abraham Weinstein (NCSU), William Walters (Penn State)
Radiation Effects and Experimental Analysis on CMOS Image Sensors and Peripheral Circuits
Inyong Kwon (KAERI), Hosang Yoon (HCT), Hongjoon Park (HCT)
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