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Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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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New work for old FLiBe? DOE considers reuse of molten salt reactor coolant
FLiBe—a mixture of lithium fluoride and beryllium fluoride—is not an off-the-shelf commodity. The Department of Energy suspects that researchers and reactor developers may have a use for the 2,000 kilograms of fluoride-based salt that once ran through the secondary coolant loop of the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by IRD
Monday, November 13, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EST|Jefferson East
Session Chair:
Erik H. Wilson
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Lin-Wen Hu
Recent disruptions to the supply of stable and radioactive isotopes have emerged due to geopolitical activities. As well, concerted efforts in the U.S. and internationally over the past few decades have aimed to address growing concerns over isotopes. This panel discussion focuses on efforts to meet demand for isotopes through various methods, such as HALEU reactor-based and accelerator-based production, including plans and progress on development of new production techniques and facilities.
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