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2027 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
October 31–November 4, 2027
Washington, DC|The Westin Washington, DC Downtown
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Drones fly in to inspect waste tanks at Savannah River Site
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management will soon, for the first time, begin using drones to internally inspect radioactive liquid waste tanks at the department’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Inspections were previously done using magnetic wall-crawling robots.
Technical Session|Methods
Tuesday, April 23, 2024|3:30–5:15PM PDT|Franciscan D
Session Chair:
Scott P. Palmtag
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This session is Part 2 of a two-part special session. This session continues with the presentation of 3 more papers related to the OECD/NEA TVA WB1 Benchmark. At the end of this session there will be a 20-minute discussion about next steps for the benchmark.
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MC21/CTF Solutions to OECD/NEA TVA Watts Bar Unit 1 Multiphysics Cycle 1 Benchmark Exercises 1 and 2
3:30–3:50PM PDT
Edwin J. Grant (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Daniel J. Kelly III (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), Brian N. Aviles (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
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MC21/CTF Solutions to OECD/NEA TVA Watts Bar Unit 1 Multiphysics Cycle 1 Benchmark Exercise 3
3:50–4:10PM PDT
Development of Serpent -- CTF External Coupling for the OECD/NEA TVA WB1 Benchmark Activities
4:10–4:30PM PDT
T. Albagami (NCSU), P. Rouxelin (NCSU), A. Abarca (NCSU), S. Palmtag (NCSU), M. Avramova (NCSU), K. Ivanov (NCSU)
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