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Aerospace Nuclear Science & Technology
Organized to promote the advancement of knowledge in the use of nuclear science and technologies in the aerospace application. Specialized nuclear-based technologies and applications are needed to advance the state-of-the-art in aerospace design, engineering and operations to explore planetary bodies in our solar system and beyond, plus enhance the safety of air travel, especially high speed air travel. Areas of interest will include but are not limited to the creation of nuclear-based power and propulsion systems, multifunctional materials to protect humans and electronic components from atmospheric, space, and nuclear power system radiation, human factor strategies for the safety and reliable operation of nuclear power and propulsion plants by non-specialized personnel and more.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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TerraPower begins U.K. regulatory approval process
Seattle-based TerraPower signaled its interest this week in building its Natrium small modular reactor in the United Kingdom, the company announced.
TerraPower sent a letter to the U.K.’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, formally establishing its intention to enter the U.K. generic design assessment (GDA) process. This is TerraPower’s first step in deployment of its Natrium technology—a 345-MW sodium fast reactor coupled with a molten salt energy storage unit—on the international stage.
Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT|Santa Monica
Session Chair:
Tejaswini Vaidya (Univ. Idaho)
Alternate Chair:
Christina Leggett (Booz Allen Hamilton/ARPA-E)
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Treatment and conditioning are used to convert radioactive, mixed, and hazardous wastes from various waste processing or used nuclear fuel reprocessing activities into inert waste forms for transportation, storage, and final disposal. The treated and conditioned wastes must ultimately be disposed of in a suitable disposal facility. Multiple disposal options are currently being considered for the most highly radioactive wastes, including geologic repositories and deep borehole disposal. This session discusses advances made in waste form development, reprocessing facility off-gas capture technologies, and disposal facility design and optimization.
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Iron Phosphate Glass Waste Forms to Immobilize Dehalogenated Salt Wastes
Matthew Page (Clemson Univ.), Adam Gootgeld (Clemson Univ.), Ming Tang (Clemson Univ.)
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Advanced Long-Term Environmental Monitoring Systems (ALTEMIS) for Consent-Based Siting of Nuclear Facilities
Haruko Wainwright (MIT), Carol Eddy-Dilek (SRNL)
Adsorption of Radioactive Iodine Using Aged Nanocarbon-Coated Ceramic Substrate
Chaithanya Balumuru (Univ. Idaho), Krishnan Raja (Univ. Idaho), Piyush Sabharwall (INL), Vivek Utgikar (Univ. Idaho)
Features, Events, and Processes Prioritization for Deep Borehole Disposal Concepts in Crystalline Rock and Shale
Ethan Bates (Deep Isolation), John Midgley (Deep Isolation)
Effects of Storage on Methyl Iodide Adsorption by Mordenite Sorbent
Heinrik Goettsche (Univ. Idaho), Raja Krishnan (Univ. Idaho), Vivek Utgikar (Univ. Idaho)
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