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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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Bipartisan Fusion Energy Act pushes for regulatory clarity
Sen. Alex Padilla (D., Calif.) introduced the Fusion Energy Act (S. 4151) last month with a bipartisan group of cosponsors—John Cornyn (R., Texas), Cory Booker (D., N.J.), Todd Young (R., Ind.), and Patty Murray (D., Wash.). The legislation would codify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s regulatory authority over commercial fusion energy systems to streamline the creation of clear federal regulations that will support the development of commercial fusion power plants—and would require a report within one year on a study of risk- and performance-based, design-specific licensing frameworks for “mass-manufactured fusion machines.
“Congress must do everything in its power to ensure continued U.S. leadership in developing commercial fusion energy facilities,” said Padilla as he introduced the bill. “The Fusion Energy Act would provide regulatory certainty for investors as the NRC develops and streamlines frameworks for such facilities.”
Technical Session|Sponsored by IRD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST|Jefferson East
Session Chair:
Lei R. Cao
Alternate Chair:
Hyoung K. Lee
Session Organizer:
Igor Jovanovic
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Investigation of the Evolution of Defects in Wide Bandgap β-Gallium Oxide
1:00–1:20PM EST
L.R. Gomez-Hurtado (NCSU), R. McRobie (NCSU), M. Liu (NCSU), C. Fleming (NCSU), A.I. Hawari (NCSU), G. Yang (NCSU)
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Scaling Factor Application Plan for Low- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste Produced at Cyclotron Facility
1:20–1:40PM EST
Sang Bong Lee (KAERI), Hyun Jin Lee (KAERI), Gyo Sung Jeong (KAERI), Dae Sung Choi (KAERI), Hee Seo (Jeonbuk Nat'l Univ.)
Investigation of Computing a Background Radiation Model Using Self-Processed Matrix Profile Method
1:40–2:00PM EST
Miltiadis Alamaniotis (Univ. Texas, San Antonio)
Nondestructive Analysis to Determine Thorium Behavior During Uranium Metal Casting
2:00–2:20PM EST
Stephen LaMont (LANL), Mark Edwards (LANL), Kara Luitjohan (LANL), Mitzi Boswell (LANL), Mike James (LANL), Seth Imhoff (LANL), Theresa Kayzar-Boggs (LANL)
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