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Decommissioning & Environmental Sciences
The mission of the Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences (DES) Division is to promote the development and use of those skills and technologies associated with the use of nuclear energy and the optimal management and stewardship of the environment, sustainable development, decommissioning, remediation, reutilization, and long-term surveillance and maintenance of nuclear-related installations, and sites. The target audience for this effort is the membership of the Division, the Society, and the public at large.
Meeting Spotlight
2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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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Latest News
A proactive approach to reactor vessel aging management
Unit 2 at the Prairie Island nuclear power plant near Red Wing, Minn., underwent an outage in fall 2023, which included extensive work on the reactor vessel using a novel approach to replace baffle-former bolts and lower radial clevis insert bolts. The work relied on extensive analysis beforehand to determine which bolts to replace such that only the new bolts were structurally credited for performance of their safety function. This proactive approach eliminated the need for costly contingencies associated with inspections.
Innovations Student Competition
April 16, 2024|1:00–2:00PM (2:00–3:00PM EDT)
Available to All Users
The Innovations in Nuclear Energy Research & Development Student Competition (INSC) recognizes published graduate and undergraduate students. Through the award process, the INSC provides winning students with opportunities to present their published work to the broader nuclear energy community. This webinar serves as an opportunity for students who were unable to present at the ANS Winter Conference to show their work to a wider audience.
The webinar features the following two presentations:
Grayson Gall BioGrayson completed his Bachelor of Science in nuclear engineering with minors in computer programming and music studies at North Carolina State University (NCSU). He is continuing his education at NCSU with advisors Dr. Steven Shannon and Dr. Amanda Lietz. His research focusses on the development of computational plasma physics applications in the MOOSE framework. These tools will then be used to explore plasma material interactions in a variety of low temperature plasma applications and in the edge of fusion plasmas. In the future, Gall plans on continuing to expand the field of computational plasma physics through the development of opensource software that utilizes advanced methods and GPU acceleration.
Ezgi Gursel BioEzgi is a third-year PhD student at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is studying Industrial and Systems Engineering. She received her BS and MBA from Southwestern Oklahoma State University. She currently works as a Graduate Research Assistant. Her current research focuses on physics-informed anomaly detection and human error detection.