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Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
Meeting Spotlight
Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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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WIPP’s SSCVS: A breath of fresh air
This spring, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced that it had achieved a major milestone by completing commissioning of the Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System (SSCVS) facility—a new, state-of-the-art, large-scale ventilation system at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the DOE’s geologic repository for defense-related transuranic (TRU) waste in New Mexico.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Thursday, November 17, 2022|8:00–9:45AM MST|Mesquite
Session Chair:
Ramon Pulido (Sandia)
Alternate Chair:
Sarah Suffield (PNNL)
Session Organizer:
Brady D. Hanson
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Updated San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Site Evaluation
8:00–8:20AM MST
Steven Maheras (PNNL), Erica Bickford (U.S. Dept. of Energy), Matthew Feldman (PNNL), Rebecca Kreuzer (PNNL)
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A Database for Type B Package Transportation Incidents
8:20–8:40AM MST
Kevin J. Connolly (ORNL), Ingrid K. Busch (ORNL)
Reactivating RISKIND to Support Transportation Risk Analyses
8:40–9:00AM MST
David J. LePoire (ANL), Margaret M. MacDonell (ANL), Milos I. Atz (ANL), Steven J. Maheras (PNNL), Matthew R. Feldman (PNNL)
3D Metrology Analysis of Structural Damages on Type B Shipping Container After Completion of Normal Conditions of Transportation and Hypothetical Accident Conditions Regulatory Testing
9:00–9:20AM MST
Abiodun Adeniyi (ORNL), Oscar Martinez (ORNL), Paul Nogradi (ORNL), Ross Wittenbarger (Y-12 Nat'l Security Complex), Ryan Fisher (Y-12 Nat'l Security Complex), Austin Mclaurine (Y-12 Nat'l Security Complex)
Updated Draft Railcar Safety Inspection Protocol for Shipments of Spent Nuclear Fuel
9:20–9:40AM MST
Steven Maheras (PNNL), Erica Bickford (U.S. Dept. of Energy)
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