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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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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Strontium: Supply-and-demand success for the DOE’s Isotope Program
The Department of Energy’s Isotope Program (DOE IP) announced last week that it would end its “active standby” capability for strontium-82 production about two decades after beginning production of the isotope for cardiac diagnostic imaging. The DOE IP is celebrating commercialization of the Sr-82 supply chain as “a success story for both industry and the DOE IP.” Now that the Sr-82 market is commercially viable, the DOE IP and its National Isotope Development Center can “reassign those dedicated radioisotope production capacities to other mission needs”—including Sr-89.
13th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control & Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2023)
Technical Session
Tuesday, July 18, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|301A
Session Chair:
Anna Hall
Alternate Chair:
Thomas A. Ulrich
Session Organizer:
Ronald L. Boring
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Developing and Implementing Human Factors Engineering (HFE) Requirements for the Finnish Nuclear Industry
1:00–1:25PM EDT
Paula Savioja (Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority STUK)
Paper
Investigating Human Factors Issues in Flexible Operation of Nuclear Power Plants
1:25–1:50PM EDT
Hanna Koskinen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Eva Simonsen (Vattenfall), Jari Laarni (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Satu Pakarinen (Finnish Institute of Occupational Health)
Method to Investigate Cognitive Aging Effects in Nuclear Operations Using the Rancor Microworld Simulator
1:50–2:15PM EDT
Michelle L. Velazquez (Idaho State), Anna Hall (INL), Ronald L. Boring (INL), Thomas A. Ulrich (INL), Roger Lew (Univ. Idaho)
The Next-Generation Control Room: Using the Rancor Microworld Simulator to Modernize Digital Control Rooms
2:15–2:40PM EDT
Ronald L. Boring (INL), Thomas A. Ulrich (INL), Roger Lew (Univ. Idaho)
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