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Geological Considerations for the USNC-UIUC Microreactor Project

Ethan H. Nicolls (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Gable Edwards (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

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Volumetric Reduction of Uranium Mine Waste with Chemical Washing

Gavin Davis (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Brad Bozzetti (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Angelo Minetti (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

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Heat Signature Computational Simulation Results for Safeguarded Spent Nuclear Fuel

Alvaro Pizarro (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Michael D. Kaminski (ANL), Jeffrey Fortner (ORNL)

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