In the 3rd revision of NUREG-0800, which was revised in 2007, the calculation method for decay heat in the design of the Ultimate Heat Sink (UHS) for a pressurized water reactor is recommended to be based on the ANSI/ANS-5.1 method. This method employs a more complex decay heat calculation formula compared to the one introduced in Branch Technical Position ASB 9-2, which was presented in the 2nd revision. While most of the variables for decay heat calculation in ANSI/ANS-5.1 can be inferred from the methods outlined in the appendices, determining the fractions of fission products is not straightforward despite their significant impact on the results. When reviewing documents that evaluate decay heat using the ANSI/ANS-5.1 method, it is observed that they often adopt a conservative approach by assuming that the fraction of the most influential fission product is 100%. In this study, the fractions of each fission product presented in LLNL’s 2016 report were used to calculate decay heat, and the results were compared with the ASB 9-2 method and ORIGEN code results. The comparison showed that ANS 5.1 tends to yield higher decay heat values than ANS 9-2, particularly at the reference time of 1M seconds, while ORIGEN-ARP generally produced lower values. Therefore, it is concluded that even when using the ANSI/ANS-5.1 method with the fractions of each fission product for decay heat calculations in spent nuclear fuel wet or dry storage facility assessments, it provides a sufficiently conservative thermal evaluation.

Most contaminants found in drinking water have traditionally fallen into one of two categories — health effects; or aesthetic effects, for contaminants not affecting health but rather the taste, appearance or odor of drinking water. Emerging contaminants are a new category of water quality concerns for which evidence of health effects has not yet been established due in part to the trace levels at which these compounds are currently being detected. Thus it was decided that a separate testing standard should be developed for product testing purposes. NSF/ANSI 401: Emerging Contaminants/Incidental Compounds is an American national standard that verifies the ability of a water treatment device to reduce up to 15 of the emerging contaminants including some prescription/OTC drugs, new types of herbicides and pesticides and chemicals used as flame retardants and detergents that have been found at trace levels in drinking water.

This paper discusses the features of the ANSI/ASQ Z1.9-2003, Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection by Variables. This system is based on the MIL-STD-414.

ANSI/ASQ Z1.4, Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspection By Attributes, has recently been published by American Society for Quality is based upon the MIL-STD-105E. This paper discusses the features of the ANSI/ASQ Z1.4 - 2003 and Dodge - Romig Sampling.