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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 Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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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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Tank waste operations resume at Idaho’s IWTU
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced yesterday that waste processing operations have resumed at the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit (IWTU) at the Idaho National Laboratory Site. The resumption of operations follows the completion of two maintenance campaigns at the radioactive liquid waste treatment facility.
Technical Session|Sponsored by HFICD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Sonoran 2
Session Chair:
Nancy J. Lybeck
Alternate Chair:
Vivek Agarwal
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Analog Meter Obsolescence is Causing Problems for Aging Nuclear Power Plants
1:00–1:20PM MST
Otto P. Fest (OTEK Corp.)
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Highly Integrated Protection System (HIPS)
1:20–1:40PM MST
Tighe Smith (Paragon Energy Solutions)
Evaluation of Thermocouples Embedded Using Additive Manufacturing
1:40–2:00PM MST
Codi Ferree (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), Amy Godfrey (ORNL), Holden Hyer (ORNL), Christian Petrie (ORNL)
Presented by Adam Deatherage (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.)
NBSR Radiation Monitoring System Upgrade
2:00–2:20PM MST
James Whipple (Nat'l Institute of Standards & Technology), Dagistan Sahin (Nat'l Institute of Standards & Technology)
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