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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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Spent fuel transfer project completed at INL
Work crews at Idaho National Laboratory have transferred 40 spent nuclear fuel canisters into long-term storage vaults, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has reported.
Technical Session|Condensed Matter Physics
Wednesday, September 11, 2024|3:00–3:50PM EDT|Gold Ballroom
Session Chair:
Eric D. Bauer
Alternate Chair:
Jason R. Jeffries
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Indications of Flat Bands Driving the Alpha to Delta Volume Collapse of Plutonium
3:00–3:30PM EDT
Neil Harrison (LANL), Greta L. Chappell (LANL), Paul H. Tobash (LANL)
Paper
Swelling of Heated Aged Plutonium Metal and the Transition to a Metal Foam
3:30–3:50PM EDT
J.P. Lestone (LANL)
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