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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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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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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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BREAKING NEWS: Trump issues executive orders to overhaul nuclear industry
The Trump administration issued four executive orders today aimed at boosting domestic nuclear deployment ahead of significant growth in projected energy demand in the coming decades.
During a live signing in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump called nuclear “a hot industry,” adding, “It’s a brilliant industry. [But] you’ve got to do it right. It’s become very safe and environmental.”
Ph. Bergeonneau, M. Vanier, M. Favet, J. De Antoni, K. Essig, J. P. Adam
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 106 | Number 1 | September 1990 | Pages 69-74
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE90-A23759
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The dynamic behavior of the Superphénix core was tested during commissioning of the plant. From comparison of experimental and calculated results, it was concluded that the time-dependent parameters agree quite well. The comparison is based on DYN system code calculations and on tests performed at zero power (reactivity step leading to a self-stabilization) and at power (steps on reactivity, primary flow, and secondary flow). These tests checked the behavior of the nuclear steam supply system.
