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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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NRC v. Texas: Supreme Court weighs challenge to NRC authority in spent fuel storage case
The State of Texas has not one but two ongoing federal court challenges to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that could, if successful, turn decades of NRC regulations, precedent, and case law on its head.
Technical Session
Tuesday, May 9, 2023|3:45–5:25PM MDT|Idaho Falls Room
Session Chair:
N. Dianne B. Ezell
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Michael G. Houts
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Vaporization Impact for Liquid Core Nuclear Thermal Rockets: A Retrospective
3:45–4:05PM MDT
Dakota Santana (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), Keith Hollingsworth (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville)
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Uranium Mass Loss in a Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Propulsion System via Droplet Entrainment
4:05–4:25PM MDT
John Seekins (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), Jason Cassibry (Univ. Alabama, Hunstville)
A Review of the NERVA Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Challenges with Criticality Under Accident Conditions
4:25–4:45PM MDT
Susan S. Voss (GNNA), Patrick McClure (Kilo Power), David Poston (Kilo Power)
Hydrogen Supersaturation in Flow Tubes During NTP Reactor Shutdown
4:45–5:05PM MDT
Kasturi Khatun (Center for Space Nuclear Research), Zyed Ansary (Center for Space Nuclear Research), Manikandan Pandiyan (Center for Space Nuclear Research), Steve Herring (Center for Space Nuclear Research), Brad Kirkwood (Center for Space Nuclear Research)
Fission Product and Dose Calculations for NASA Space Nuclear Propulsion
5:05–5:25PM MDT
Luke Cornejo (BWX Technologies), Herschel Smith (BWX Technologies), Reed Herner (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Shane Stimpson (BWX Technologies)
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