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Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC v. Texas: Supreme Court weighs challenge to NRC authority in spent fuel storage case
The State of Texas has not one but two ongoing federal court challenges to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that could, if successful, turn decades of NRC regulations, precedent, and case law on its head.
Charles T. Chave
Nuclear Technology | Volume 15 | Number 1 | July 1972 | Pages 36-48
Technical Paper | Fuel Cycle | doi.org/10.13182/NT72-A31160
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Waste disposal systems for closed cycle water reactor power plants were developed for the Shippingport, Yankee Rowe, and Connecticut Yankee plants in turn. Waste largely originates from moving water in and out of the reactor due to thermal expansion, for adjustment of boric acid concentration, and for control of tritium concentration. Escape of hydrogen from the coolant gives rise to gaseous waste. Recycling of boric acid and hydrogen reduces the waste discharge, but some water must be discharged to reject tritium. Evaporation provides strong leverage for water purification; it is proposed to send some evaporator vapor up the stacks for tritium and organic concentration control. Stripping hydrogen from the coolant to be processed before boric acid concentration simplifies the gas handling problem, while charcoal adsorption greatly reduces radioactive gas discharge to the atmosphere. No waste discharge to the plant environment is within grasp.