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Radiation Protection & Shielding
The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NWMO chooses vendors for Canadian repository
Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization has selected five companies it is to work with to design and plan the organization’s proposed deep geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel. As the owner of the project, the NWMO will be working with WSP Canada, Peter Kiewit Sons (Kiewit), Hatch Ltd., Thyssen Mining Construction of Canada, and Kinectrics.
Technical Session
Tuesday, July 23, 2024|3:15–5:05PM CDT|Assembly
Session Chair:
Lauren M. Garrison (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
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Compatibility of Reduced Activation Ferritic Martensitic (RAFM) Steels in Commercial Static Lithium
3:15–3:40PM CDT
M. Romedenne (ORNL), C. De. Lamater-Brotherton (ORNL), M. Lance (ORNL), Y-F. Su (ORNL), B.A. Pint (ORNL)
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Advancing Tritium Barrier Coatings: Insights into Erbium Oxide Deposition Techniques
3:40–4:05PM CDT
K.P. Ralston (Univ. Sheffield), A.S. Gandy (UKAEA), G. Tucker (AtkinsRéalis), T. Sellers (AtkinsRéalis), N.A. Morley (Univ. Sheffield)
Evaluation of the Compatibility of Al-Rich Coated RAFM Steels with Eutectic PbLi
4:05–4:25PM CDT
C. De Lamater-Brotherton (ORNL), M. Romedenne (ORNL), Beth Armstrong (ORNL), Y. Zhang (Tennessee Technological Univ.), B.A. Pint (ORNL)
Fission-Fusion Synergies to Accelerate Compatibility Understanding
4:25–4:45PM CDT
B.A. Pint (ORNL), M. Romedenne (ORNL), R. Pillai (ORNL)
Chemical Polishing, Chemical-Mechanical Polishing, and HIPing of Additive Manufactured RF Component Surfaces
4:45–5:05PM CDT
Andrew Seltzman (MIT), Stephen Wukitch (MIT)
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