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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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Webinar: MC&A and safety in advanced reactors in focus
Towell
Russell
Prasad
The American Nuclear Society’s Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Division recently hosted a webinar on updating material control and accounting (MC&A) and security regulations for the evolving field of advanced reactors.
Moderator Shikha Prasad (CEO, Srijan LLC) was joined by two presenters, John Russell and Lester Towell, who looked at how regulations that were historically developed for traditional light water reactors will apply to the next generation of nuclear technology and what changes need to be made.
Technical Session
Tuesday, February 4, 2025|3:20–5:00PM EST|Cumberland C
Session Chair:
John Mobley (Univ. Michigan)
Session Organizer:
Charles Lease
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Development of Cyberspace-Enabled Virtual Laboratories for a Scalable and Resilient Learning Environment
3:20–3:45PM EST
Jonah Lau (Purdue Univ.), Zachery Dahm (Purdue Univ.), Julian Triveri (Purdue Univ.), Joyce Zhou (Purdue Univ.), Augusto Butkewitsch (Purdue Univ.), George Takahashi (Purdue Univ.), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue Univ.)
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Engineering and Simulator Operations Interdisciplinary Learning
3:45–4:10PM EST
C. Rytych (Constellation Energy Generation), R. Pettigrew (Constellation Energy Generation), J. Fruge (Constellation Energy Generation)
The One-Question Quiz: Harnessing the Power of Challenging Questions for Enhanced Learning
4:10–4:35PM EST
Blye Widmar (Constellation Energy)
Affective Domain, Behavioral Change, and Rubric Use
4:35–5:00PM EST
Annaliese B. Piraino (Vistra Corp.), Shari Cook (Vistra Corp.), Andrew Jacques (Vistra Corp.)
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