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2023 ANS Annual Meeting
June 11–14, 2023
Indianapolis, IN|Marriott Indianapolis Downtown
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NRC advisors give nod to Hermes construction permit
Having completed its review of the construction permit application for Kairos Power’s Hermes test reactor early last month, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) recently submitted its conclusions to the agency, recommending approval.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Friday, December 3, 2021|1:00–2:45PM EST |Fairchild
Session Chair:
Sven Bader (Orano Federal Services)
Alternate Chair:
Christina Leggett (Booz Allen Hamilton)
Session Organizer:
Rob Howard (PNNL)
Student Assistant:
Robin Roper
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Validation of UNF-ST&DARDS Decay Heat Calculations for BWR Fuel
1:05–1:25PM EST
Justin B. Clarity (ORNL), Henrik Liljenfeldt (Noemi Analytics), Kaushik Banerjee (PNNL), L. Paul Miller (ORNL)
Summary
Validation of UNF-ST&DARDS Criticality Calculations for BWR Fuel
1:25–1:45PM EST
Conceptional Design of Additive Manufacturing Based Dissimilar Metal Embedded Sensors for TAD Canister Monitoring
1:45–2:05PM EST
Michael Smith (Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte), Sven Bader (Orano Federal Services), Brad Crotts (Orano Federal Services), Yesim Sireli (Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte)
Limiting Dose Rate with Decay Heat
2:05–2:25PM EST
Jun Li (Orano TN), Philippe Pham (Orano TN)
Estimated Maximally Exposed Individual Scenarios in Incident-Free Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation
2:25–2:45PM EST
Kevin J. Connolly (ORNL)
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