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Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
Improving task performance, system reliability, system and personnel safety, efficiency, and effectiveness are the division's main objectives. Its major areas of interest include task design, procedures, training, instrument and control layout and placement, stress control, anthropometrics, psychological input, and motivation.
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
Standards Program
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Deep Isolation validates its disposal canister for TRISO spent fuel
Nuclear waste disposal technology company Deep Isolation announced it has successfully completed Project PUCK, a government-funded initiative to demonstrate the feasibility and potential commercial readiness of its Universal Canister System (UCS) to manage TRISO spent nuclear fuel.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EST|Columbia 11
Session Chair:
Kristin N. Stolte
Alternate Chair:
Jesse D. Norris
Session Organizer:
Benjamin Martin
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Neutron Noise Analysis of the Neptunium Subcritical Observation (NESO) Experiment
10:00–10:20AM EST
J. Hutchinson (LANL), A.R. Clark (LANL), T. Cutler (LANL), J. Lamproe (LANL), A. McSpaden (LANL), N. Thompson (LANL)
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The Jupiter High-240 Experiment
10:20–10:40AM EST
John D. Bess (JFoster & Assoc.), Alexander B. Brown (LANL), Alexander T. McSpaden (LANL), Joetta M. Goda (LANL), Travis J. Grove (LANL), Geordie McKenzie (LANL), Rene G. Sanchez (LANL), Jessie L. Walker (LANL)
Neutron Absorber Plate Characterization Plan for Criticality Experiments Design
10:40–11:00AM EST
Mathieu N. Dupont (ORNL), William J. Marshall (ORNL)
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