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Division Spotlight
Fuel Cycle & Waste Management
Devoted to all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle including waste management, worldwide. Division specific areas of interest and involvement include uranium conversion and enrichment; fuel fabrication, management (in-core and ex-core) and recycle; transportation; safeguards; high-level, low-level and mixed waste management and disposal; public policy and program management; decontamination and decommissioning environmental restoration; and excess weapons materials disposition.
Meeting Spotlight
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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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NRC engineers share their expertise at the University of Puerto Rico
Robert Roche-Rivera and Marcos Rolón-Acevedo are licensed professional engineers who work at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They are also alumni of the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez (UPRM) and have been sharing their knowledge and experience with students at their alma mater since last year, serving as adjunct professors in the university’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. During the 2023–2024 school year, they each taught two courses: Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Nuclear Power Plant Engineering.
Technical Session
Monday, May 8, 2023|3:45–5:25PM MDT|Idaho Falls Room
Session Chair:
Christofer E. Whiting
Alternate Chair:
Austen D. Fradeneck
Session Organizer:
Sebastian C. Corbisiero
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Developments of the Americium and Plutonium Purification by Extraction (AMPPEX) Process and the PuMA 2 Scale-Up Opportunities
3:45–4:05PM MDT
Rebecca Sanderson (National Nuclear Laboratory), Mark Sarsfield (National Nuclear Laboratory), Chris Maher (National Nuclear Laboratory), Michael Carrott (National Nuclear Laboratory), Dan Whittaker (National Nuclear Laboratory), Billy Keywood (National Nuclear Laboratory), Chloe Edmondson (National Nuclear Laboratory), Hannah Colledge (National Nuclear Laboratory), Jessica Gunning (National Nuclear Laboratory), Victoria Hayter (National Nuclear Laboratory), Tim Tinsley (National Nuclear Laboratory), Christophe Fongarland (European Space Agency)
Paper
Cross-Section Comparison for Pu-238 Production in the Advanced Test Reactor at Idaho National Laboratory
4:05–4:25PM MDT
Jill Mitchell (INL), Brittany Grayson (INL)
Characterization of Neptunium Oxide Product from Modified Direct Denitration Process
4:25–4:45PM MDT
Kathryn M. Peruski (ORNL), Connor J. Parker (ORNL), Samantha K. Cary (ORNL)
EmberCore Commercial Radioisotope Product -- Path Toward Demonstration and Flight
4:45–5:05PM MDT
Christopher Morrison (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Danyal Turkoglu (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Kevin Makinson (Ultra Safe Nuclear), Michael Eades (Ultra Safe Nuclear)
Feasibility of a Small Low-Power RTG Concept Utilizing a GPHS Heat Source
5:05–5:25PM MDT
Kenton Sherick (Univ. Dayton Research Institute), Aniruddha Ray (RGS Development), Pierre Berneron (RGS Development), B. Allen Tolson (Univ. Dayton Research Institute), Chadwick Barklay (Univ. Dayton Research Institute), Maarten den Heijer (RGS Development)
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