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The 2025 ANS election results are in!
Spring marks the passing of the torch for American Nuclear Society leadership. During this election cycle, ANS members voted for the newest vice president/president-elect, treasurer, and six board of director positions (four U.S., one non-U.S., one student). New professional division leadership was also decided on in this election, which opened February 25 and closed April 15. About 21 percent of eligible members of the Society voted—a similar turnout to last year.
Carlos Ruiz, Carlos Rinaldi
Nuclear Technology | Volume 198 | Number 3 | June 2017 | Pages 319-326
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1297170
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This work presents the effects that produce the change in entropy during separation processes; it takes into account the dilution of UF6 in a carrier gas (H2, He, N2, Ar, Xe, SF6, etc.). Comparisons were made between two technologies: one a mature process currently used, i.e., centrifugation (process A), and the other in development, i.e., processes based on a laser [Condensation Repression Isotope Separation by Laser (CRISLA), Molecular Laser Isotope Separation (MLIS), etc.] (process B). The calculations were made using the principles of mix thermodynamics. The results indicate that entropy expenditure is two orders of magnitude higher than that necessary to separate isotopes when the amount (of isotopes) is the same in both process A and process B.