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Nuclear Installations Safety
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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Sam Altman steps down as Oklo board chair
Advanced nuclear company Oklo Inc. has new leadership for its board of directors as billionaire Sam Altman is stepping down from the position he has held since 2015. The move is meant to open new partnership opportunities with OpenAI, where Altman is CEO, and other artificial intelligence companies.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Wednesday, November 15, 2023|10:00–11:45AM EST|Columbia 11
Session Chair:
James S. Baker
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Michael A. Fendler
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Deviations from Criticality Accident Alarm System (CAAS) Requirements in Operational Facilities
10:00–10:20AM EST
David Kirkwood (Sellafield), Amy van der Vyver (Sellafield)
Paper
Demonstrating Adequate CAAS Coverage for GNF-A Fuel Facility at 8 wt.% 235U
10:20–10:40AM EST
James Banfield (Global Nuclear Fuel), Qi Ao (Boston Government Services), Lon Paulson (Global Nuclear Fuel)
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees)
Application of the ANSI/ANS-8.3-2022 Minimum Accident to Tube Vault Storage
10:40–11:00AM EST
Michael MacDonald (Consolidated Nuclear Security), Timothy Jackson (Consolidated Nuclear Security)
Experimental Testing of Personal Dosimetry Interference from a Portable X-ray Generator
11:00–11:20AM EST
Timothy Jackson (Y-12 National Security Complex), Jeff Preston (Y-12 National Security Complex), Nathaniel Johnson (Y-12 National Security Complex), Michael Macdonald (Y-12 National Security Complex)
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