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The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Digital control system installed at China’s Linglong One
Earlier this month, the first digital control system was put in place at Linglong One, a small modular reactor demonstration project being built at the Changjiang nuclear power plant in Hainan Province. This is the world’s first land-based commercial SMR and is controlled by China National Nuclear Power Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).
Technical Session|Sponsored by OPD
Wednesday, June 14, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|Tennessee
Session Chair:
Nicolas Stauff (ANL)
Alternate Chair:
William N. Mann (ANL)
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Modeled Time-Consuming Activities and Cost Drivers of the MARVEL Microreactor Project
1:00–1:20PM EDT
Botros Hanna (INL), Abdalla Abou Jaoude (INL), Chandrakanth Bolisetti (INL), Yasir Arafat (INL)
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Market-Driven Competitiveness of U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Through 2035
1:20–1:40PM EDT
W. Neal Mann (ANL), Zhi Zhou (ANL), Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL)
The Role of Nuclear Energy in Reducing System Costs of U.S. Electricity Grid Decarbonization
1:40–2:00PM EDT
W. Neal Mann (ANL), Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL)
Automating Algorithm Management and Techno-Economic Analysis of Nuclear Power Plants: Introduction to the ACCERT Software
2:00–2:20PM EDT
Jia Zhou (ANL), Ed Hoffman (ANL), Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL)
Demonstration of ACCERT Software for Nuclear Power Plant Techno-Economics
2:20–2:40PM EDT
Chandrakanth Bolisetti (INL), Botros Hanna (INL), Jia Zhou (ANL), Abdalla Abou Jaoude (INL), Nicolas E. Stauff (ANL), Edward Hoffman (ANL)
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