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Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
Improving task performance, system reliability, system and personnel safety, efficiency, and effectiveness are the division's main objectives. Its major areas of interest include task design, procedures, training, instrument and control layout and placement, stress control, anthropometrics, psychological input, and motivation.
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2027 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
October 31–November 4, 2027
Washington, DC|The Westin Washington, DC 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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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
Monday, April 22, 2024|1:30–3:15PM PDT|Continental Ballroom 1
Session Chair:
Kazuya Yamaji (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)
Alternate Chair:
Rodolfo M. Ferrer (Studsvik Scandpower)
Session Organizer:
Go Chiba (Hokkaido University)
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Preliminary Validation of Intra-Pin Reaction Rate Predictions from the Deterministic Transport Codes GeN-Foam and MPACT
1:30–1:50PM PDT
Tom Mager (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Kyle Vaughn (Univ. Michigan), Mathieu Hursin (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan), Andreas Pautz (Paul Scherrer Institute)
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Initial Benchmarking of a New ENDF/B-VIII.1.β2-Based CASMO5 Neutron Data Library
1:50–2:10PM PDT
Rodolfo Ferrer (Studsvik Scandpower), Charles Wemple (Studsvik Scandpower), Joshua Hykes (Studsvik Scandpower)
Verification and Validation of the VANGARD Pinwise Nodal Code with Preliminary Analyses of BEAVRS Benchmark
2:10–2:30PM PDT
Seoyoon Jeon (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Brendan Kochunas (Univ. Michigan)
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