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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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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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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College students help develop waste-measuring device at Hanford
A partnership between Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) and Washington State University has resulted in the development of a device to measure radioactive and chemical tank waste at the Hanford Site. WRPS is the contractor at Hanford for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management.
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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