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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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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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 MSTD
Monday, November 13, 2023|3:15–5:00PM EST|Jefferson West
Session Chair:
Stephen T. Lam
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
Session Organizer:
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Wear and Friction of Nuclear Graphite in FLiBe
3:15–3:35PM EST
L. Vergari (Univ. California, Berkeley), J. Xu (Univ. California, Berkeley), R. O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley)
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A Comparison of Mass Loss Analyses for Molten Salt Corrosion
3:35–3:55PM EST
Ryan D. Hayes (Univ. California, Berkeley), Sean H. Mills (Univ. California, Berkeley), Gabriel Meric de Bellefon (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Dan Thoma (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Andrew Minor (Univ. California, Berkeley), Raluca O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Drivers and Limiting Steps for Corrosion in Molten Salt Loops
3:55–4:15PM EST
Raluca O. Scarlat (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Presented by Randall Chiu (Univ. California, Berkeley)
Development of Enriched Uranium-Bearing Molten Salt Irradiation Capability
4:15–4:35PM EST
Abdalla Abou-Jaoude (INL), Stephen Warmann (INL), Calvin Downey (INL), Morgan Kropp (INL), Greg Core (INL), Chuting Tsai (INL), William Phillips (INL)
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