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The mission of the Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences (DES) Division is to promote the development and use of those skills and technologies associated with the use of nuclear energy and the optimal management and stewardship of the environment, sustainable development, decommissioning, remediation, reutilization, and long-term surveillance and maintenance of nuclear-related installations, and sites. The target audience for this effort is the membership of the Division, the Society, and the public at large.
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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.
Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2024)
Technical Session
Monday, November 18, 2024|3:15–5:00PM EST|Coral B
Session Chair:
Ferry Roelofs (NRG)
Alternate Chair:
Kristian Angele (Vattenfall R&D)
This session will conclude with a brief THD awards ceremony where the winners of the Technical Achievement Award and Bal-Raj Seghal Memorial Award will be honored.
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Fluid-Structure Interaction Evaluation of LVDT for Deflection Measurements of MURR LEU Fuel Plate
3:15–3:35PM EST
Guanyi Wang (ANL), Cezary Bojanowski (ANL), Andrew Hebden (ANL), Walid Mohamed (ANL), Valerio Mascolino (ANL), Earl Feldman (ANL), Erik Wilson (ANL), Aaron Weiss (Oregon State), Alexander Westerberg (Oregon State), Wade Marcum (Oregon State), Maria Pinilla (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor)
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Advances in Thermal Hydraulics in the Dutch PIONEER Program
3:35–3:55PM EST
F. Roelofs (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), B.T.H. Verdonschot (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), F.S.L. Pangukir (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), P. Breijder (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), M.M.M.D. Hussain (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), V. Habiyaremye (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), E. Frederix (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), A. Mathur (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), K. Zwijsen (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), H. Uitslag-Doolaard (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), D.C. Visser (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), M.M. Stempniewicz (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group), E.M.J. Komen (Nuclear Research & Consultancy Group)
Thermal Fatigue -- The Influence of Frequency on Temperature Fluctuation Amplitude
3:55–4:15PM EST
K. Angele (R&D Laboratories), P. Veber (Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant), H. Lindqvist (Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB)
Prevention of Swirl Penetration in a T-Junction Dead-Leg Flow to Mitigate a Source of Thermal Fatigue
4:15–4:35PM EST
K. Angele (R&D Laboratories), R. Howard (Electricité de France)
Development of AMESIM Code Based Safety Analysis Methodology for PGSFR
4:35–4:45PM EST
Seon-Gon Kim (Gachon Univ.), Jae-Ho Jeong (Gachon Univ.)
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