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Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Bipartisan Fusion Energy Act pushes for regulatory clarity
Sen. Alex Padilla (D., Calif.) introduced the Fusion Energy Act (S. 4151) last month with a bipartisan group of cosponsors—John Cornyn (R., Texas), Cory Booker (D., N.J.), Todd Young (R., Ind.), and Patty Murray (D., Wash.). The legislation would codify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s regulatory authority over commercial fusion energy systems to streamline the creation of clear federal regulations that will support the development of commercial fusion power plants—and would require a report within one year on a study of risk- and performance-based, design-specific licensing frameworks for “mass-manufactured fusion machines.
“Congress must do everything in its power to ensure continued U.S. leadership in developing commercial fusion energy facilities,” said Padilla as he introduced the bill. “The Fusion Energy Act would provide regulatory certainty for investors as the NRC develops and streamlines frameworks for such facilities.”
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session
Wednesday, July 19, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT|301C
Session Chair:
Miltiadis Alamaniotis
Alternate Chair:
Jamie B. Coble
Session Organizer:
Vivek Agarwal
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Development and Testing of Advanced Hydrogen Sensors for Severe Accidents
3:15–3:40PM EDT
James Gleason (GLSEQ), Patrick Gleason (GLSEQ)
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XAI Module for Reactor Core Component Analysis Using Metallic Fuels
3:40–4:05PM EDT
James Daniell (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Kazuma Kobayashi (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Syed Alam (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology)
Plant Electrical Output Monitoring Implementation Experience in a 3-Loop PWR
4:05–4:30PM EDT
Javier Gonzalez (Tecnatom), Mariano Martín (Tecnatom), Javier Barroso (Tecnatom)
Combining Hidden Markov Models for Prognostics of Systems Subjected to Perfect and Imperfect Maintenance Operations
4:30–4:55PM EDT
Mattia Zanotelli (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), J. Wesley Hines (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jamie B. Coble (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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