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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.
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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|Sponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Kaibab
Session Chair:
Cynthia A. Adkins
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey
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High-Porosity Silicon Carbide-Boron Carbide Burnable Absorber Pellets
3:15–3:35PM MST
Raymond A. Cutler (Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp.), Kurt A. Terrani (Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp.)
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Fuel Performance Modeling Improvements for Metal Fuels in FAST
3:35–3:55PM MST
Dylan F. Wray (PNNL), Kenneth J. Geelhood (PNNL)
Review of Accelerated Fuel Test Plan for the Fast Modular Reactor
3:55–4:15PM MST
Hangbok Choi (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), Oscar Gutierrez (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), John Bolin (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), Christina Back (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), Ron Faibish (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems)
Proposed NIST Neutron Source User Facility
4:15–4:35PM MST
Jeremy C. Cook (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Hubert E. King (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Charles F. Majkrzak (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Dagistan Sahin (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Joy S. Shen (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Osman S. Celikten (NIST Center for Neutron Research), David Diamond (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Robert E. Williams (NIST Center for Neutron Research), Thomas H. Newton (NIST Center for Neutron Research)
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