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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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GAO: Clarification of HLW definition could save DOE billions
A clearer definition of what constitutes high-level radioactive waste could save the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management “tens of billions of dollars” in waste management costs and accelerate its cleanup schedule by decades, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
DOE-EM’s efforts to manage waste resulting from legacy spent nuclear fuel reprocessing have been hindered for decades by the ambiguity of the statutory definition of HLW as laid out in the Atomic Energy Act and Nuclear Waste Policy Act, the report states. While admitting that the DOE has taken steps to overcome this ambiguity, the GAO says that the department has not fully evaluated all available opportunities to treat and dispose of waste more economically as either transuranic or low-level radioactive waste.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Integrated Phenomena in Reactor Materials
Wednesday, December 13, 2023|10:00–11:40AM CST|Galerie 5
Session Chair:
Haozheng Qu (Purdue Univeristy)
Alternate Chair:
Andrew K. Hoffman (n/a)
Track Organizers:
Adrian Couet (University of Wisconsin- Madison)
Stu Maloy (PNNL)
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FeCrAl Fuel Clad Chemical Interaction in Light Water Reactor Environments
10:00–10:20AM CST
Haozheng J.Qu (GE Global Research), Maria Higgins (Penn State), Hamdy Abouelella (GE Global Research), Fabiola Cappia (INL), Jatuporn Burns (INL), Lingfeng He (INL), Caleb Massey (ORNL), Jason Harp (ORNL), Rajnikant V. Umretiya (GE Research Center), Andrew K. Hoffman (GE Research Center), Janelle Wharry (Purdue), Raul B. Rebak (GE Global Research)
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Integral Irradiation Testing and Post Irradiation Examination Programs for Accident Tolerant Fuel Development at Idaho National Laboratory
10:20–10:40AM CST
D.W. Kamerman (INL), B.P. Durtschi (INL), N.S. Oldham (INL), N.E. Woolstenhulme (INL), F. Cappia (INL), R.S. Hansen (INL), A.W. Colldeweih (INL), P.G. Petersen (INL)
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Development and Preliminary Testing of an Internal Pressure Fatigue Test Rig for Accident Tolerant Fuel Cladding
10:40–11:00AM CST
Q. Cheng (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories), H.M Nordin (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories), C. Zhang (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories), T. Molnar (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories), R. Lungu (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories)
Effect of Surface Damage on Corrosion of Zr Alloys
11:00–11:20AM CST
B. Ensor (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), A. Lucente (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), R. Morris (Naval Nuclear Laboratory), J. Sutliff (Naval Nuclear Laboratory)
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Phase-Field Modeling for the High-Temperature Zirconium Oxidation
11:20–11:40AM CST
Jiho Kim (Kyung Hee Univ.), Kunok Chang (Kyung Hee Univ.)
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