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Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
Standards Program
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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Argonne’s METL gears up to test more sodium fast reactor components
Argonne National Laboratory has successfully swapped out an aging cold trap in the sodium test loop called METL (Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop), the Department of Energy announced April 23. The upgrade is the first of its kind in the United States in more than 30 years, according to the DOE, and will help test components and operations for the sodium-cooled fast reactors being developed now.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|10:00–11:45AM MST|Mesquite
Session Chair:
Susan Asmussen (PNNL)
Alternate Chair:
Rebecca Schaller (Sandia)
Session Organizer:
Brady D. Hanson
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A Simple User Interface for Aerosol Transport and Deposition in Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Casks
10:00–10:20AM MST
Zachery Dahm (Purdue), Yadukrishnan Sasikumar (ORNL), Stylianos Chatzidakis (Purdue), Rose Montgomery (ORNL)
Paper
Understanding and Predicting Stress Corrosion Cracking of SNF Dry Storage Canisters
10:20–10:40AM MST
C.R. Bryan (Sandia), A.W. Knight (Sandia), B.L. Nation (Sandia), R.M. Katona (Sandia), E.K. Karasz (Sandia), T.J. Montoya (Sandia), D.M. Brooks (Sandia), N.W. Porter (Sandia), L.N. Gilkey (Sandia), J.M. Taylor (Sandia), R.F. Schaller (Sandia)
An Estimate of Neutron Fluence on Spent Fuel Dry Storage Cask Metallic Structural Components
10:40–11:00AM MST
Zhian Li (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Michael A. Call (US Nuclear Regulatory Commission), John Wise (United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Darrell Dunn (US Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
Investigation of Hydrogen Generation in SNF Canisters Using Lab-Scale "Mini-Canister" Radiolysis Testing
11:00–11:20AM MST
Anna L. d'Entremont (SRNL), Christopher G. Verst (SRNL), Benton C. Randall (SRNL), Robert L. Sindelar (SRNL)
Calculation of Controlled Area Boundary Dose from a Large SNF Dry Storage Array Using SCALE
11:20–11:40AM MST
Veronica Wilson (PNNL), Georgeta Radulescu (ORNL), Justin Clarity (PNNL), Kaushik Banerjee (PNNL), Peter Stefanovic (ORNL)
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