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Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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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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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.
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session
Monday, July 17, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EDT|Rotunda
Session Chair:
Pradeep Ramuhalli
Alternate Chair:
Hongbin Sun
Session Organizer:
Jamie B. Coble
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Enhanced Video-Level Anomaly Feature Detection for Nuclear Power Plant Component Inspections Using the Latency Mechanism
3:15–3:40PM EDT
Zhouxiang Fei (Univ. Strathclyde), Graeme M. West (Univ. Strathclyde), Paul Murray (Univ. Strathclyde), Gordon Dobie (Univ. Strathclyde)
Presented by Andrew Young (University of Strathclyde)
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PVC Detection in Sellafield Repackaging Procedures via Hyperspectral Imaging
3:40–4:05PM EDT
Jaime Zabalza (Univ. Strathclyde), Paul Murray (Univ. Strathclyde), Stephen Marshall (Univ. Strathclyde), Jinchang Ren (Robert Gordon Univ.), Robert Bernard (Sellafield), Steve Hepworth (Sellafield)
Automated X-ray Classification of Special Nuclear Materials as an Operator Aid
4:05–4:30PM EDT
Andrew Campbell (Univ. Strathclyde), Jaime Zabalza (Univ. Strathclyde), Paul Murray (Univ. Strathclyde), Stephen Marshall (Univ. Strathclyde), Neil Cockbain (National Nuclear Laboratory), Douglas Offin (National Nuclear Laboratory), Gareth Myers (Sellafield), Robert Bernard (Sellafield)
Classification of Ultrasonic B-Scan Images from Welding Defects Using a Convolutional Neural Network
4:30–4:55PM EDT
Hongbin Sun (ORNL), Richard Jacob (PNNL), Pradeep Ramuhalli (ORNL)
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