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Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott 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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Webinar: MC&A and safety in advanced reactors in focus
Towell
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.
Technical Session|Nuclear Fuels and Materials
Saturday, April 5, 2025|10:35–11:55AM MDT|Valle Grande 1
Session Chair:
Jared Justice
Alternate Chair:
Shane M. Evans
Session Organizer:
Ashley Machado
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Diffusion Barrier Coatings for Liquid Metal Corrosion Resistance in Next-Generation Nuclear Reactors
10:35–10:55AM MDT
Alexander A. Hromiak (Virginia Tech), Amanda Leong (Virginia Tech), Richard Fink (Applied Nanotech, Inc.), Jinsuo Zhang (Virginia Tech)
Paper
Characterization of Compositionally Complex Alloys for Environmental Extremes
10:55–11:15AM MDT
Sicilia B. Christadore (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Sydney E. Copp (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Steven J. Zinkle (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Additive Manufacturing of Medium and High Entropy Alloys Using Elemental and Alloy Powders
11:15–11:35AM MDT
Aaron M. Holzer (Univ. New Mexico), Jared A. Justice (Univ. New Mexico), Pankaj Kumar (Univ. New Mexico), Scott Halliday (Navajo Technical Univ.), Osman Anderoglu (Univ. New Mexico)
Electrochemical Corrosion Behavior of Cold Sprayed Alloy 625 (UNS-N06625) in Molten Chloride at 600 °C
11:35–11:55AM MDT
Mamata Adhikari (Univ. Idaho), Kavindan Balakrishnan (Univ. Idaho), Krishnan Raja (Univ. Idaho), Indrajit Charit (Univ. Idaho)
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