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2023 ANS Annual Meeting
June 11–14, 2023
Indianapolis, IN|Marriott Indianapolis Downtown
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Feedback from nuclear sector to inform hearing on NRC licensing process
Leaders of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce last month sent letters to a variety of nuclear sector stakeholders requesting input in preparation for a June 14 hearing titled “Oversight of NRC: Ensuring Efficient and Predictable Nuclear Safety Regulation for a Prosperous America.” (The hearing will be livestreamed at https://energycommerce.house.gov/.)
“We invite you to submit to the committee information and recommendations to improve the licensing review and approval process, as well as the oversight of NRC licensees,” the lawmakers wrote. “We are interested in NRC activities involving the licensing and oversight of today’s operating reactors, as well as the siting, licensing, construction, and oversight of advanced nuclear reactor technologies.” The letter also noted the committee’s interest in “improving NRC efficiency, management of regulatory costs and fees, public health and safety, staff effectiveness and culture, collaboration with the Department of Energy, and international activities.”
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 14, 2022|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Huntington A
Session Chair:
Larry Baylor (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Paul W. Humrickhouse
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Automatic Inference and Control of Field Reversed Configuration Plasmas in C-2W
Jesus A. Romero (TAE Technologies), Kevin Phung (TAE Technologies), Colin Finucane (TAE Technologies), Sergei Galkin (TAE Technologies), Deepak Gupta (TAE Technologies), Marcel Nations (TAE Technologies), Kan Zhai (TAE Technologies), Roger Smith (TAE Technologies), Roberto Mendoza (TAE Technologies), Nathan Bolte (TAE Technologies), Tommy Roche (TAE Technologies), Erik Trask (TAE Technologies), Sergei Putvinski (TAE Technologies)
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First High-Power Results from the DIII-D Helicon System
Bart Van Compernolle (General Atomics), M. W. Brookman (General Atomics), R. I. Pinsker (General Atomics), C. P. Moeller (General Atomics), J. P. Squire (General Atomics), A. M. Garofalo (General Atomics), A. Nagy (PPPL), S. Chowdhury (Univ. California, Los Angeles), N. A. Crocker (Univ. California, Los Angeles), G. DeGrandchamp (UCI), E. Hinson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), A. Marinoni (MIT), E. H. Martin (ORNL), C. C. Petty (General Atomics), M. Porkolab (MIT), C. Rost (MIT), O. Schmitz (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), J. Watkins (Sandia)
Wave Coupling and Propagation from the Helicon Antenna in LAPD
Joshua J. Larson (Univ. California, Los Angeles), Bart V. Compernolle (General Atomics), Robert I. Pinsker (General Atomics), Troy A. Carter (Univ. California, Los Angeles)
Insulating Antenna Enclosures for RF Sheath Mitigation
Gurleen Bal (Univ. California, Los Angeles), Bart V. Compernolle (General Atomics), Pat Pribyl (Univ. California, Los Angeles), Josh Larson (Univ. California, Los Angeles), Troy Carter (Univ. California, Los Angeles)
Initial Commissioning Test Results of the Wendelstein 7-X Continuous Pellet Fueling System
Steven Meitner (ORNL), Larry Baylor (ORNL)
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