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The division's objectives are to promote the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental physical phenomena characterizing nuclear reactors and other nuclear systems. The division encourages research and disseminates information through meetings and publications. Areas of technical interest include nuclear data, particle interactions and transport, reactor and nuclear systems analysis, methods, design, validation and operating experience and standards. The Wigner Award heads the awards program.
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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Glass strategy: Hanford’s enhanced waste glass program
The mission of the Department of Energy’s Office of River Protection (ORP) is to complete the safe cleanup of waste resulting from decades of nuclear weapons development. One of the most technologically challenging responsibilities is the safe disposition of approximately 56 million gallons of radioactive waste historically stored in 177 tanks at the Hanford Site in Washington state.
ORP has a clear incentive to reduce the overall mission duration and cost. One pathway is to develop and deploy innovative technical solutions that can advance baseline flow sheets toward higher efficiency operations while reducing identified risks without compromising safety. Vitrification is the baseline process that will convert both high-level and low-level radioactive waste at Hanford into a stable glass waste form for long-term storage and disposal.
Although vitrification is a mature technology, there are key areas where technology can further reduce operational risks, advance baseline processes to maximize waste throughput, and provide the underpinning to enhance operational flexibility; all steps in reducing mission duration and cost.
Technical Session
Monday, May 9, 2022|1:30–3:30PM EDT|Calypso
Session Chair:
Harold Gerrish (NASA)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Katey E. Lenox (INL)
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INL Operations Improvements of Nuclear Enabled Missions for NASA
Eric Clarke (INL), Stephen Johnson (INL)
Paper
Perspectives on Demonstration and Qualifications Plans for Human-Rated NTP Systems
Ethan Chaleff (USNC-Tech), Doug Greisen (USNC-Tech), Michael Eades (USNC-Tech), Vishal Patel (USNC-Tech), Morgan Gulliver (USCN-Tech)
Flight Model of a Small ETG for the Low Earth Orbit Test
Jintae Hong (KAERI), Wanook Ji (KAERI), Jong-Bum Kim (KAERI), Kwang-Jae Son (KAERI), Jin-Joo Kim (KAERI)
Design of a Dynamic Radioisotope Power System Generator Testbed
Ernestina Wozniak (NASA Glenn Research Center), Salvatore Oriti (NASA Glenn Research Center), Rebecca Buehrle (NASA Glenn Research Center), Ronald Leibach (NASA Glenn Research Center), Max Yang (NASA Glenn Research Center), Matthew Stang (NASA Glenn Research Center), Paul Raitano (NASA Glenn Research Center)
Fabrication and Performance Testing of SiGe Unicouples with Cassini RTG Production Line Materials
Ike S. Chi (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Billy C.-Y. Li (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Kevin L. Smith (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Sutinee Sujittosakul (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Araseli Cortez (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Brian Phan (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Chen-Kuo Huang (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Pawan Gogna (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Gregory Gerig (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), George Nakatsukasa (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Vilupanur Ravi (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Bill Nesmith (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Jean-Pierre Fleurial (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
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