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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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Japanese researchers test detection devices at West Valley
Two research scientists from Japan’s Kyoto University and Kochi University of Technology visited the West Valley Demonstration Project in western New York state earlier this fall to test their novel radiation detectors, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced on November 19.
Technical Session|Surface Science and Corrosion
Tuesday, September 10, 2024|11:00AM–12:30PM EDT|Gold Ballroom
Session Chair:
B. Ravat
Alternate Chair:
Jason R. Jeffries (LLNL)
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Corrosion of Pu-Ga Alloys Under Ambient Conditions
11:00–11:30AM EDT
Scott B. Donald (LLNL), W. McLean (LLNL)
Paper
Thermodynamics of Radiogenic Helium, Adsorbed Environmental Gases, and Defects in δ-Plutonium Alloys
11:30–11:50AM EDT
David M. Wayne (LANL), Sarah C. Hernandez (LANL), Najeb M. Abdul-Jabbar (LANL), Franz J. Freibert (LANL)
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Advancing Sample Preparation Techniques for Scanning Electron Microscopy-Based Particle Size Analysis of Plutonium-Dioxide
11:50AM–12:10PM EDT
Kyle Makovsky (PNNL), Jason Lonergan (Missouri Univ. Science and Technology), Aaron Nicholas (PNNL), Cody Nizinski (PNNL), Richard Clark (PNNL), David Meier (PNNL)
XPS Characterization of Pu at LANL Surface Science Lab
12:10–12:30PM EDT
William Ponder (LANL), Sarah Hickam (LANL), Alessandro Mazza (LANL), Connor Dozhier (LANL), Dan T. Olive (LANL)
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