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Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences
The mission of the Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences (DES) Division is to promote the development and use of those skills and technologies associated with the use of nuclear energy and the optimal management and stewardship of the environment, sustainable development, decommissioning, remediation, reutilization, and long-term surveillance and maintenance of nuclear-related installations, and sites. The target audience for this effort is the membership of the Division, the Society, and the public at large.
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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Digital control system installed at China’s Linglong One
Earlier this month, the first digital control system was put in place at Linglong One, a small modular reactor demonstration project being built at the Changjiang nuclear power plant in Hainan Province. This is the world’s first land-based commercial SMR and is controlled by China National Nuclear Power Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).
Technical Session
Monday, May 8, 2023|3:45–5:25PM MDT|Idaho Falls Room
Session Chair:
Christofer E. Whiting
Alternate Chair:
Austen D. Fradeneck
Session Organizer:
Sebastian C. Corbisiero
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Developments of the Americium and Plutonium Purification by Extraction (AMPPEX) Process and the PuMA 2 Scale-Up Opportunities
3:45–4:05PM MDT
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), Chloe Edmondson (National Nuclear Laboratory), Hannah Colledge (National Nuclear Laboratory), Jessica Gunning (National Nuclear Laboratory), Victoria Hayter (National Nuclear Laboratory), Tim Tinsley (National Nuclear Laboratory), Christophe Fongarland (European Space Agency)
Paper
Cross-Section Comparison for Pu-238 Production in the Advanced Test Reactor at Idaho National Laboratory
4:05–4:25PM MDT
Jill Mitchell (INL), Brittany Grayson (INL)
Characterization of Neptunium Oxide Product from Modified Direct Denitration Process
4:25–4:45PM MDT
Kathryn M. Peruski (ORNL), Connor J. Parker (ORNL), Samantha K. Cary (ORNL)
EmberCore Commercial Radioisotope Product -- Path Toward Demonstration and Flight
4:45–5:05PM MDT
Christopher Morrison (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Danyal Turkoglu (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Kevin Makinson (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Michael Eades (Ultra Safe Nuclear)
Feasibility of a Small Low-Power RTG Concept Utilizing a GPHS Heat Source
5:05–5:25PM MDT
Kenton Sherick (Univ. Dayton Research Institute), Aniruddha Ray (RGS Development), Pierre Berneron (RGS Development), B. Allen Tolson (Univ. Dayton Research Institute), Chadwick Barklay (Univ. Dayton Research Institute), Maarten den Heijer (RGS Development)
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