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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.
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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
Tuesday, July 18, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EDT|Rotunda
Session Chair:
Yunfei Zhao (Univ. Maryland)
Alternate Chair:
Pradeep Ramuhalli
Session Organizer:
Daniel G. Cole
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Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees) — Tackling Challenges of Digital I&C Implementation in Nuclear Power Plants -- TREVOR TAYLOR TUESDAY
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Non-Nuclear Advanced Controls Testbed
1:00–1:25PM EDT
N. Dianne Bull Ezell (ORNL), Brandon Wilson (ORNL), Pradeep Ramuhalli (ORNL), Wesley Williams (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL)
Paper
Tackling Challenges of Digital I&C Implementation in Nuclear Power Plants
1:25–1:50PM EDT
Steve Yang (NuScale Power), Trevor Taylor (NuScale Power)
A Study on the Solution Methods for Control Problem Caused by Valve Stiction in NPP
1:50–2:15PM EDT
Hosun Ryu (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.), Min-seok Kim (Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co.)
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