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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.
Meeting Spotlight
2021 ANS Winter Meeting and Technology Expo
November 30–December 3, 2021
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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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Pine forest helps safely disperse tritium at Savannah River Site
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) is managing the release of tritiated water using a 62-acre plantation of pine trees and other natural resources to limit radioactively contaminated groundwater from reaching waterways on the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
Technical Session
Friday, April 9, 2021|10:00–11:30AM (11:00AM–12:30PM EDT)|Room 1
Session Chair:
Cao Da (NC State Univ.)
Alternate Chair:
Ishita Trivedi
Session Organizer:
Edward Chen (NC State Univ.)
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Session Producer:
Roberto Fairhurst-Agosta (Univ. of Ill., Urbana-Champaign)
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Designing a Load Following High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor System
Kaitlyn E. Barr (University of Michigan Ann Arbor), Joshua Cooper (University of Michigan Ann Arbor), Lincoln Johnston (University of Michigan Ann Arbor), Volkan Seker (University of Michigan), Thomas J. Downar (University of Michigan)
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Design and Safety Considerations for the Purification and Testing of Uranium-Bearing Molten Salts
Kristen Geddes (University of Idaho), Robin V. Roper (University of Idaho)
A Web Application to Visualize Advanced Fuel Cycle Waste Characteristics
Robert Stallman (Santa Clara University), Milos I. Atz (Argonne National Laboratory)
High Temperature Lead Cooled Fast Reactor for Advanced Drilling
Cole M. Kostelac (Missouri University of Science and Technology), Ashley R. Raster (Missouri University of Science and Technology), Matthew Resz (Missouri University of Science and Technology), Taylor D. Loftus (Missouri University of Science and Technology)
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