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Division Spotlight
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.
Meeting Spotlight
2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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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BREAKING NEWS: Trump issues executive orders to overhaul nuclear industry
The Trump administration issued four executive orders today aimed at boosting domestic nuclear deployment ahead of significant growth in projected energy demand in the coming decades.
During a live signing in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump called nuclear “a hot industry,” adding, “It’s a brilliant industry. [But] you’ve got to do it right. It’s become very safe and environmental.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Wednesday, June 14, 2023|10:40–11:20AM EDT|Florida/Illinois
Session Chair:
Walid A. Metwally
Alternate Chair:
Lon E. Paulson
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Presentation of the two summaries in the NCS Issues Related to HALEU session will be preceded by the presentation of two summaries in the ANS-8 Standards session.
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The Deimos Experiment: Advanced Reactor Testbed
10:40–11:00AM EDT
Theresa Cutler (LANL), Justin Lee (LANL), Erik Luther (LANL), Alexis Maldonado (LANL), Rene Sanchez (LANL), Kristin Stolte (LANL), Holly Trellue (LANL), Nicholas Wynne (LANL)
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Optimization of Deimos Design and Advanced Modeling Techniques
11:00–11:20AM EDT
Kristin Stolte (LANL), Theresa Cutler (LANL), Rene Sanchez (LANL), Holly Trellue (LANL), Colin Josey (LANL)
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