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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|Sponsored by FCWMD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|10:00–11:45AM EST|Labrid A/B
Session Chair:
Leah Squires (INL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Harish Reddy Gadey (INL)
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Consideration on Safety Regulation and Technical Standards of Nuclear Fuel Cycles in Korea
10:00–10:20AM EST
Yong Ki Chi (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety), Daehyeon Kim (Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety)
Paper
The use of the High-Density UN Fuel in Heat-Pipe Microreactors -- The Impacts of 15N Enrichment on 14C Production
10:20–10:40AM EST
Cihang Lu (Brookhaven), Arantxa Cuadra (Brookhaven), Erofili Kardoulaki (LANL)
Estimation of Void Fraction History Using Post-Irradiation Fuel Isotopics
10:40–11:00AM EST
Tarikul Islam (Purdue Univ.), Shiming Yin (Purdue Univ.), Ugur Mertyurek (ORNL), Germina Procop (ORNL), Hany S. Abdel-Khalik (Purdue Univ.)
Raman Spectroscopic Characterization of Tributyl/Dibutyl Phosphate Systems Toward Monitoring of Degradation in Solvent Extraction
11:00–11:20AM EST
Justin Cooper (INL), Jessica Meires (INL), Mathew Snow (INL)
Transmutation of Tc-99 and I-129 in the Ex-Core Region of a PWR
11:20–11:40AM EST
Stephen Pucci (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Jonathan Wing (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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