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Nuclear Installations Safety
Devoted specifically to the safety of nuclear installations and the health and safety of the public, this division seeks a better understanding of the role of safety in the design, construction and operation of nuclear installation facilities. The division also promotes engineering and scientific technology advancement associated with the safety of such facilities.
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC dockets construction permit for Dow, X-energy SMR
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted Dow’s construction permit application to build an X-energy small modular reactor in Seadrift, Texas.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) 2020 Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fusion Energy
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|4:50–6:30PM EST
Session Chair:
Lauren Garrison (ORNL)
Staff Producer:
Janice Lindegard (American Nuclear Society)
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Mechanical design of 3 MW / CW ITER test ICRF
Ajesh Palliwar (IPR), Aparajita Mukherjee, Rajesh Trivedi, Sriprakash Verma, Hrushikesh N Dalicha, Pareshkumar Vasava, Rohit Anand, Akhil Jha
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Center stack bakeout NSTX-U
C. Rana, S. Sheckman, H. Zhang, P. Titus, D. Cai (PPPL)
Characterizing the plasma-induced thermal loads on a 200 kW light ion helicon plasma source
Juergen Rapp, Cornwall Lau, Stephen Meitner, Caughman John, Theodore Biewer, Clyde Josh Beers, Richard Howell Goulding, Juan Francisco Caneses (ORNL)
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