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Education, Training & Workforce Development
The Education, Training & Workforce Development Division provides communication among the academic, industrial, and governmental communities through the exchange of views and information on matters related to education, training and workforce development in nuclear and radiological science, engineering, and technology. Industry leaders, education and training professionals, and interested students work together through Society-sponsored meetings and publications, to enrich their professional development, to educate the general public, and to advance nuclear and radiological science and engineering.
Meeting Spotlight
2021 ANS Winter Meeting and Technology Expo
November 30–December 3, 2021
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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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Latest News
Eliminated as a repository site, Germany’s Gorleben salt mine to be closed
The German government has announced that it is closing the Gorleben salt mine in the Wendland region of Lower Saxony, officially removing the site from consideration as a repository for radioactive waste. Gorleben became a target of antinuclear protests after being proposed as a potential repository in the 1970s.
Technical Session
Wednesday, October 6, 2021|2:30–4:10PM (3:30–5:10PM EDT)|Salon B
Session Chair:
Agustin Abarca (NC State Univ.)
Session Organizer:
Shawn D. Pautz (Sandia National Laboratory)
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Status of the OECD/NEA TVA Watts Bar 1 Benchmark and Monte Carlo Modeling of the "Zero Power Physics Test" Exercise
T. Albagami (NC State Univ.), P. Rouxelin (NC State Univ.), A. Abarca (NC State Univ.), M. Avramova (NC State Univ.), K. Ivanov (NC State Univ.)
Summary
Verification of MPACT and VERA-CS for the APR1400 Benchmark
Kaitlyn Barr (Univ. of Michigan), Sooyoung Choi (Univ. of Michigan), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. of Michigan)
Preliminary Results of the NEA FHR Benchmark Phase I-A and I-B (Fuel Element 2-D Benchmark)
B. Petrovic (Georgia Institute of Technology), K. Ramey (Georgia Institute of Technology), I. Hill (OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency), E. Losa (Research Centre Rez), M. Elsawi (PNNL), Z. Wu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), C. Lu (Virginia Commonwealth Univ.), J. Gonzalez (McMaster Univ.), D. Novog (McMaster Univ.), G. Chee (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), K. Huff (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), M. Margulis (Univ. of Cambridge), N. Read (Univ. of Cambridge), E. Shwageraus (Univ. of Cambridge)
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