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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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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, May 10, 2022|4:00–6:00PM EDT|Vanda
Session Chair:
Lucas Rich (INL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Scott Wilson
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Progress on an Alternative Solvent Extraction Flowsheet for Separating Plutonium from Neptunium
Catherine Campbell (National Nuclear Laboratory), Michael J. Carrott (National Nuclear Laboratory), Chris J. Maher (National Nuclear Laboratory), Chris Mason (National Nuclear Laboratory), Rebecca Sanderson (National Nuclear Laboratory), Mark J. Sarsfield (National Nuclear Laboratory), Robin J. Taylor (National Nuclear Laboratory), Tim Tinsley (National Nuclear Laboratory), Dave Woodhead (National Nuclear Laboratory), Dan Whittaker (National Nuclear Laboratory)
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Pu-238 Production Calculator and Estimation Tool in the Advanced Test Reactor
Demi Weaver (Angelo State Univ.), Andrew Zillmer (INL)
Progress on Pu-238 Production at Idaho National Laboratory From March 2021 to February 2022
Andrew Zillmer (INL), William Green (INL), Craig Tyler (INL), Justin Lower (INL), Jill Mitchell (INL), Brittany Grayson (INL), Erik Rosvall (INL), Austen Fradeneck (INL), Joshua Fishler (INL), David Reeder (INL), Ryan Marlow (INL), Mark Hill (INL), Paul O'Donnell (INL), Joshua Peterson-Droogh (INL), Richard Howard (INL)
Neutronic Safety Analysis of Pu-238 Production at Idaho National Laboratory
Jill Mitchell (INL), Brittany Grayson (INL), Joshua Peterson-Droogh (INL)
Optimisation of the Americium and Plutonium Purification by Extraction (AMPPEX) Process Flowsheet
Rebecca Sanderson (National Nuclear Laboratory), Mark Sarsfield (National Nuclear Laboratory), Chris Maher (National Nuclear Laboratory), Michael Carrott (National Nuclear Laboratory), Dan Whittaker (National Nuclear Laboratory), Billy Keywood (National Nuclear Laboratory), Chris Mason (National Nuclear Laboratory), Kerry Jackson (National Nuclear Laboratory), Chloe Edmondson (National Nuclear Laboratory), Catherine Needham (National Nuclear Laboratory), Joshua Holt (National Nuclear Laboratory), Jason Borwick (National Nuclear Laboratory), Keith Stephenson (European Space Agency)
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