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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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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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ANS joins others in seeking to discuss SNF/HLW impasse
The American Nuclear Society joined seven other organizations to send a letter to Energy Secretary Christopher Wright on July 8, asking to meet with him to discuss “the restoration of a highly functioning program to meet DOE’s legal responsibility to manage and dispose of the nation’s commercial and legacy defense spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW).”
Technical Session
Wednesday, May 18, 2022|3:30–5:15PM EDT|Brighton III/IV
Session Chair:
Raphaelle Ichou
Alternate Chair:
Mark D. DeHart
Session Organizer:
John D. Bess
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Calculation Methods of B4C Control Rod Curves in a Fast VENUS-F Reactor
N. Messaoudi (SCK CEN), A. Kochetkov (SCK CEN), A. Krasa (SCK CEN), G. Vittiglio (SCK CEN), J. Wagemans (SCK CEN), G. Van den Eynde (SCK CEN), M. Sarotto (ENEA), V. Fabrizio (ENEA)
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Millimetric Fuel Rod Displacements: An Experimental Study of the Impact on Local Thermal Neutron Flux in the CROCUS Reactor
F. Vitullo (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), V. Lamirand (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), T. Ligonnet (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), O. Pakari (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), D. Godat (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), P. Frajtag (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), A. Pautz (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
Research and Preliminary Application of the Improved Multicell Method for the PWR Fuel Assemblies Adjacent to the Baffle Reflector
Chenghui Wan (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Wenchang Dong (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Wei Shen (CANDU Owner Group), Hongchun Wu (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.)
Nuclear Data Uncertainty Quantification for the Nuclide Inventory of a Calvert Cliffs Spent Fuel Sample
F. Grimaldi (SCK CEN), L. Fiorito (SCK CEN), P. Romojaro (SCK CEN), A. Hernandez-Solis (SCK CEN)
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