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PRODUCTS
| Standard | Title | ANSI Approval* |
| ANS-8.1 | Nuclear Criticality Safety in Operations with Fissionable Materials Outside Reactors | 1998 |
| ANS-8.3 | Criticality Accident Alarm System | 1997 |
| ANS-8.5 | Use of Borosilicate-Glass Raschig Rings as a Neutron Absorber in Solutions of Fissile Material | 1996; Rf 3/06/02 |
| ANS-8.6 | Safety in Conducting Subcritical Neutron-Multiplication Measurements In Situ | 1983; Rf 7/23/01 |
| ANS-8.7 | Nuclear Criticality Safety in the Storage of Fissile Materials | 1998 |
| ANS-8.9 | Nuclear Criticality Safety Criteria for Steel-Pipe Intersections Containing Aqueous Solutions of Fissile Materials | Withdrawn |
| ANS-8.10 | Criteria for Nuclear Criticality Safety Controls in Operations with Shielding and Confinement | 1983; Rf 2/4/99 |
| ANS-8.12 | Nuclear Criticality Control and Safety of Plutonium-Uranium Fuel Mixtures Outside Reactors | 1987; Rf 3/20/02 |
| ANS-8.15 | Nuclear Criticality Control of Special Actinide Elements | 1981; Rf 9/12/95 |
| ANS-8.17 | Criticality Safety Criteria for the Handling, Storage, and Transportation of LWR Fuel Outside Reactors | 1984; Rf 3/20/97 |
| ANS-8.19 | Administrative Practices for Nuclear Criticality Safety | 1996 |
| ANS-8.20 | Nuclear Criticality Safety Training | 1991; Rf 9/20/99 |
| ANS-8.21 | Use of Fixed Neutron Absorbers in Nuclear Facilities Outside Reactors | 1995; Rf 7/23/01 |
| ANS-8.22 | Nuclear Criticality Safety Based on Limiting and Controlling Moderators | 1997 |
| ANS-8.23 | Nuclear Criticality Accident Emergency Planning and Response | 1997 |
| * USNRC has endorsed all ANS-8 American National Standards, but not necessarily the latest revision, in NRC Regulatory Guide 3.71, Nuclear Criticality Safety Standards for Fuels and Material Facilities, August 1998. | ||
PROJECTS
| Working Group | Brief Title | WG Chair | Status |
| ANS-8.1 M(03) | Generic | Garcia | |
| ANS-8.3 M(02) | Alarm System | Reed | At Rf ballot |
| ANS-8.5 M(07) | Raschig Rings | Hicks | |
| ANS-8.6 M(06) | In Situ | Valentine | |
| ANS-8.7 M(03) | Storage | Hopper | |
| ANS-8.10 M(04) | Shielded Facilities | Lee | |
| ANS-8.12 M(07) | Mixed Oxides | Parra | |
| ANS-8.14 N | Soluble Absorbers | Reilly | At ANS-8 ballot |
| ANS-8.15 Rv(03)Xtn | Actinides | Pruvost | WG convened |
| ANS-8.17 M(02) | Fuel Element Safety | Kidd | At Rv ballot |
| ANS-8.19 M(01) | Administration | Carson | At Rv ballot |
| ANS-8.20 M(04) | Training | Crowell | |
| ANS-8.21 M(06) | Fixed Absorbers | Toffer | |
| ANS-8.22 M(02) | Moderation Control | Bullington | |
| ANS-8.23 M(02) | Emer. Response | Baker | |
| ANS-8.24 (N) | Validation | Busch | PINS Approved |
| ANS-8.25 (N) | Postings | Couture | PINS submitted |
| ANS-8.26 (N) | NCSS T&Q | Morman | PINS Approved |
| ANS-8.27 (N) | Burn-up Credit | Lancaster | PINS in development |
| Legend: M = Maintenance; N = New; Rf = Reaffirmation; Rv = Revision; Xtn = Extension | |||