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2025 ANS Winter Conference & Expo
November 9–12, 2025
Washington, DC|Washington Hilton
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U.K.’s NWS gets input from young people on geological disposal
Nuclear Waste Services, the radioactive waste management subsidiary of the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, has reported on its inaugural year of the National Youth Forum on Geological Disposal forum. NWS set up the initiative, in partnership with the environmental consultancy firm ARUP and the not-for-profit organization The Young Foundation, to give young people the chance to share their views on the government’s plans to develop a geological disposal facility (GDF) for the safe, secure, and long-term disposal of radioactive waste.
Technical Session|Panel|Panels
Friday, April 5, 2024|10:15–11:35AM EDT|Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub Room 603
Session Chair:
Nour Hernandez (Penn State University)
Session Organizer:
Jonathan B. Balog (Penn State University)
Latin for "to the stars", Ad Astra captures the possibilities that nuclear systems can provide for space propulsion and remote power systems. As a result, this area of nuclear science/engineering is drawing increased interest from space agencies and private corporations. Join our panelists as they discuss the current state of the technology, where it's going (literally and figuratively), and how different companies/agencies are approaching the opportunities that nuclear systems afford space applications!
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