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Aerospace Nuclear Science & Technology
Organized to promote the advancement of knowledge in the use of nuclear science and technologies in the aerospace application. Specialized nuclear-based technologies and applications are needed to advance the state-of-the-art in aerospace design, engineering and operations to explore planetary bodies in our solar system and beyond, plus enhance the safety of air travel, especially high speed air travel. Areas of interest will include but are not limited to the creation of nuclear-based power and propulsion systems, multifunctional materials to protect humans and electronic components from atmospheric, space, and nuclear power system radiation, human factor strategies for the safety and reliable operation of nuclear power and propulsion plants by non-specialized personnel and more.
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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Bacteria found to reduce uranium mobility in clay
Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) research laboratory in Germany have investigated a microorganism capable of transforming water-soluble hexavalent uranium [U(VI)] to the less-mobile tetravalent uranium [U(IV)]. The researchers found that the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfosporosinus hippei, a relative of naturally occurring microorganisms present in clay rock and bentonite, showed a relatively fast removal of uranium from clay pore water.
Technical Session
Thursday, November 11, 2021|10:10AM–12:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Robertas Alzbutas (Lithuanian Energy Institute)
Alternate Chair:
Robert Budnitz (Lawrence Berkeley Lab (ret))
Session Organizer:
Session Producer:
John Greenwood
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Screening Process for Individual and Correlated External Hazards - Application on the 1300MWe French Series
10:10–10:40AM EST
Jeremy Gaudron (EDF), Cécile Luzoir (EDF), Yannick Lefebvre (EDF), Hugo Jadot (EDF)
Paper
Probabilistic Framework for Description of Radioiodine Behavior at Fukushima Accidents
10:40–11:10AM EST
Adolf Rydl (INSET)
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Analysis of Criteria Applicable to the Screening Approach Used in PSA for External Events
11:10–11:40AM EST
Thiago Padilha da Silva (Navy Technological Center in São Paulo), Marcos Coelho Maturana (Navy Technological Center in São Paulo), Miguel Mattar Neto (Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares), Patricia da Silva Pagetti de Oliveira (Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares)
Implementation of Methodology for Maintenance-Induced Internal Floods
11:40AM–12:10PM EST
Robert J. Wolfgang (Jensen Hughes), Samuel Falvo (Jensen Hughes)
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