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Robotics & Remote Systems
The Mission of the Robotics and Remote Systems Division is to promote the development and application of immersive simulation, robotics, and remote systems for hazardous environments for the purpose of reducing hazardous exposure to individuals, reducing environmental hazards and reducing the cost of performing work.
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Nuclear fuel cycle reimagined: Powering the next frontiers from nuclear waste
In the fall of 2023, a small Zeno Power team accomplished a major feat: they demonstrated the first strontium-90 heat source in decades—and the first-ever by a commercial company.
Zeno Power worked with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to fabricate and validate this Z1 heat source design at the lab’s Radiochemical Processing Laboratory. The Z1 demonstration heralded renewed interest in developing radioisotope power system (RPS) technology. In early 2025, the heat source was disassembled, and the Sr-90 was returned to the U.S. Department of Energy for continued use.
Technical Session
Monday, September 26, 2022|10:20AM–12:00PM PDT|Seaport
Session Chair:
Davide Bortot (Politecnico di Milano)
Alternate Chair:
Seiki Ohnishi (National Maritime Research Institute Japan)
Session Organizer:
Thomas M. Miller (ORNL)
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Preliminary Helium-3 Detector Response Capabilities in DRiFT
10:20–10:45AM PDT
M.T. Andrews (LANL), A.C. Madden (LANL), D.R. Mayo (LANL), S. Woldegiorgis (LANL)
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Avalanche-Confinement TEPCs Between Micro and Nanodosimetry
10:45–11:10AM PDT
Davide Bortot (Politecnico di Milano), Davide Mazzucconi (Politecnico di Milano), Andrea Pola (Politecnico di Milano), Stefano Agosteo (Politecnico di Milano), Valeria Conte (INFN - Legnaro National Laboratories)
A New Operational Methodology for the Prediction of Total Beta-Gamma Activity Values for LL/IL Waste Produced at CERN
11:10–11:35AM PDT
Luca Bruno (CERN), Gerald Dumont (CERN), Patrycja Dyrcz (CERN), Matteo Magistris (CERN), Nabil Menaa (CERN), Maeva Rimlinger (CERN), Chris Theis (CERN)
Compilation of Nuclear Data Experiments for Radiation Characterisation
11:35AM–12:00PM PDT
J.-Ch. Sublet (IAEA), Ian Gauld (ORNL), Mark R. Gilbert (UKAEA), Albert C. Kahler (Kahler Nuclear Data Services)
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