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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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2024 ANS Annual Conference
June 16–19, 2024
Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
Standards Program
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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DOE awards $59.7 million for university nuclear R&D in 2024; $1 billion in 15 years
The Office of Nuclear Energy is awarding $59.7 million to 25 U.S. colleges and universities, two national laboratories, and one industry organization to support nuclear energy research and development and provide access to world-class research facilities, the Department of Energy announced on April 15.
Hugh D. Selby, Susan K. Hanson, Daniel Meininger, Warren J. Oldham, William S. Kinman, Jeffrey L. Miller, Sean D. Reilly, Allison M. Wende, Jennifer L. Berger, Jeremy Inglis, Anthony D. Pollington, Christopher R. Waidmann, Roger A. Meade, Kevin L. Buescher, James R. Gattiker, Scott A. Vander Wiel, Peter W. Marcy
Nuclear Technology | Volume 207 | Number 1 | December 2021 | Pages S321-S325
Technical Note | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2021.1932176
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
New measurement and assessment techniques have been applied to the radiochemical reevaluation of the Trinity Event. Thirteen trinitite samples were dissolved and analyzed using a combination of traditional decay counting methods and the mass spectrometry techniques. The resulting data were assessed using advanced simulation tools to afford a final yield determination of 24.8 ± 2 kt TNT equivalent, substantially higher than the previous U.S. Department of Energy released value of 21 kt.