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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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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.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|10:00–11:45AM MST|Copperwood
Session Chair:
James C. Bunsen
Alternate Chair:
Leah Berman
Session Organizer:
Benjamin Martin
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Genetic Algorithm Optimization of Experiment Design for Targeted Uncertainty Reduction on the 35Cl (n,p) Cross Section
10:00–10:20AM MST
Alexander Amedeo DePillis (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Vladimir Sobes (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Sandra Bogetic (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), J. Wesley Hines (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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Maximizing the Loading of the H-Canyon Used Nuclear Fuel Dissolvers
10:20–10:40AM MST
Hannah Hyslop (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Nathan Devine (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions), Joshua Butler (Y-12 Nat'l Security Complex), Tracy Stover (GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy)
Fraction Critical and k-effective
10:40–11:00AM MST
Robert D. Busch (Univ. New Mexico)
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