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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Webinar: MC&A and safety in advanced reactors in focus
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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.
Plenary Session
Thursday, September 12, 2024|9:00–10:00AM EDT|Colonial Ballroom
Session Chair:
Benoit Oudot
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Brian D. WirthDepartment of Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Brian D. Wirth will introduce the Metallurgy and Materials Science sessions with a discussion of "Multiscale Materials Modeling of Radiation Damage and Defect/Microstructural Evolution in Materials: Impact of He/dpa Ratio" The presentation will focus on the effect of a noble gas, helium, which is produced by alpha decay of plutonium, and how that influences the long-term aging behavior of plutonium, including changes in thermal-physical properties. The expected behavior of plutonium aging due to alpha decay will be compared and contrasted from what we know about helium behavior, and in particular the production rate of helium to displacement damage, from materials used in nuclear energy.
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Multiscale Materials Modeling of Radiation Damage and Defect/Microstructural Evolution in Materials: Impact of He/dpa Ratio
Brian Wirth (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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