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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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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
Technical Session|Space Nuclear Propulsion
Tuesday, May 6, 2025|10:00–11:40AM CDT|SPOC B (Space & Rocket Center)
Session Chair:
Doug Burns (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
Track Organizer:
Harold Gerrish (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
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Parametric Trade Space Investigation of Particle Bed Reactors for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
10:00–10:25AM CDT
Jacob Stonehill (AMA), Corey Smith (AMA), Daria Nikitaeva (AMA), Matthew Duchek (AMA)
Paper
Nuclear Design of a Liquid Uranium-Manganese (UMn) Thermal Propulsion Reactor
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Reem Alnuaimi (KAIST), Yonghee Kim (KAIST)
Methane-based Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Engine Considerations
10:50–11:15AM CDT
Daria Nikitaeva (AMA), Corey D. Smith (AMA), Matthew Duchek (AMA)
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Design of an Ammonia-fed Nuclear Thermal Propulsion System for Reusable Space-tug in Cislunar Orbits
11:15–11:40AM CDT
Elia Puccinelli (Univ. Pisa), Valerio Giusti (Univ. Pisa), Angelo Pasini (Univ. Pisa)
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