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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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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ANS joins others in seeking to discuss SNF/HLW impasse
The American Nuclear Society joined seven other organizations to send a letter to Energy Secretary Christopher Wright on July 8, asking to meet with him to discuss “the restoration of a highly functioning program to meet DOE’s legal responsibility to manage and dispose of the nation’s commercial and legacy defense spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW).”
Decommissioning Environmental Sciences and Remote Technology 2024
Technical Session|Sponsored by RRSD
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|1:00–2:45PM EST|Merritt 2
Session Chair:
Wendell H. Chun
Alternate Chair:
Y Z (Univ. Michigan)
Session Organizer:
Young Soo Park
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Radiation Survivability of Dry Storage Canister Climbing Robot
1:00–1:20PM EST
Roman Parra Bravo (Penn State), Andon Breitenfeld (Univ. Texas, Austin), Ethan Elgavish (Univ. Texas, Austin), Mitchell Pryor (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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Advancing Environmental Management Through Innovative Internships and Technology Projects at Hanford
1:20–1:40PM EST
Douglas Reid (WRPS), Kayle Boomer (WRPS), Leo Lagos (Florida Int'l Univ.), Brendon Cintas (Florida Int'l Univ.), David Rojas (Florida Int'l Univ.), Theophile Pierre (Florida Int'l Univ.), Pedro Chaviano (Florida Int'l Univ.)
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