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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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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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High-temperature plumbing and advanced reactors
The use of nuclear fission power and its role in impacting climate change is hotly debated. Fission advocates argue that short-term solutions would involve the rapid deployment of Gen III+ nuclear reactors, like Vogtle-3 and -4, while long-term climate change impact would rely on the creation and implementation of Gen IV reactors, “inherently safe” reactors that use passive laws of physics and chemistry rather than active controls such as valves and pumps to operate safely. While Gen IV reactors vary in many ways, one thing unites nearly all of them: the use of exotic, high-temperature coolants. These fluids, like molten salts and liquid metals, can enable reactor engineers to design much safer nuclear reactors—ultimately because the boiling point of each fluid is extremely high. Fluids that remain liquid over large temperature ranges can provide good heat transfer through many demanding conditions, all with minimal pressurization. Although the most apparent use for these fluids is advanced fission power, they have the potential to be applied to other power generation sources such as fusion, thermal storage, solar, or high-temperature process heat.1–3
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Thursday, December 2, 2021|3:05–4:50PM EST |Columbia 10
Session Chairs:
Mihai A. Diaconeasa (NCSU)
Kevin R. O'Kula (Amentum Technical Services)
Alternate Chair:
Askin Guler Yigitoglu (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Aaron S. Epiney (INL)
Student Assistant:
Zayed Ahmed
This paper session will start with listed the round of paper presentations and we will end session with “Highlights from the PSA Meeting” panel talk starting at 4:30PM (EST). For those members who did not attend the PSA 2021, this will be a good opportunity to learn the meeting highlights. The winners of the first PSA Graduate Research Lightning Round will be recognized: Austin Lewis (Best Student Presentation) and Andres Ruiz-Tagle (Best Early-Stage Student Presentation)
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Uncertainty-Aware Limit Surface Search Algorithm Using Deep Neural Network
3:10–3:30PM EST
Junyong Bae (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), Jong Woo Park (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), Seung Jun Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology)
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A Case Study of Scenario Optimization Framework for Dynamic PSA in Small Loss of Coolant Accident
3:30–3:50PM EST
Jong Woo Park (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), Seung Jun Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology)
Severe Accident Management Guidelines - Their Qualities and Shortcomings
3:50–4:10PM EST
George Vayssier (NSC Netherlands)
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