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Radiation Protection & Shielding
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.
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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Deep Isolation validates its disposal canister for TRISO spent fuel
Nuclear waste disposal technology company Deep Isolation announced it has successfully completed Project PUCK, a government-funded initiative to demonstrate the feasibility and potential commercial readiness of its Universal Canister System (UCS) to manage TRISO spent nuclear fuel.
Technical Session|Methods Development
Tuesday, July 22, 2025|2:30–3:45PM EDT|Room 2
Session Chair:
Joel D. Rhodes
Alternate Chair:
Benjamin S. Collins
Session Organizer:
Scott P. Palmtag
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Functional Expansion Tallies for Kinetic Monte Carlo Variance Reduction
2:30–2:55PM EDT
Martin Skretteberg (University of Cambridge), Paul Cosgrove (University of Cambridge), Mikolaj A. Kowalski (University of Cambridge)
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VERA-Enabled Monte Carlo Solutions for the Watts Bar Benchmark Problem
2:55–3:20PM EDT
Andrew Godfrey (Veracity Nuclear), Benjamin S. Collins (Veracity Nuclear)
VERA-Enabled High-Fidelity Excore Transport Applications with Shift
3:20–3:45PM EDT
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