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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Webinar: MC&A and safety in advanced reactors in focus
Towell
Russell
Prasad
The American Nuclear Society’s Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Division recently hosted a webinar on updating material control and accounting (MC&A) and security regulations for the evolving field of advanced reactors.
Moderator Shikha Prasad (CEO, Srijan LLC) was joined by two presenters, John Russell and Lester Towell, who looked at how regulations that were historically developed for traditional light water reactors will apply to the next generation of nuclear technology and what changes need to be made.
14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators
Technical Session
Friday, December 3, 2021|1:00–2:45PM EST |Jefferson
Session Chair:
Valeriia Starovoitova (IAEA)
Session Organizer:
Richard C. Lanza
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Characterization of a Portable, Bright Neutron Source for Fast Neutron Radiography
1:05–1:25PM EST
Matthew D. Coventry (Starfire Industries), Jake T. McLain (ANL)
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Food characterization for provenance and safety purposes through accelerator based techniques
1:25–1:45PM EST
C. E. I. d. Santos (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul), D. S. Junior (Federal University of Rio Grande), J. F. Dias (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul), P . F . C. Jobim (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul), N. F. Moura (Federal University of Rio Grande)
Accelerator Technology for Well Logging -- Advances, Challenges and Opportunities
1:45–2:05PM EST
Ahmed Badruzzaman (Pacific Consultants and Engineers)
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