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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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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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Let it RAIN: A new approach to radiation communication
Despite its significant benefits, the public perception of radiation is generally negative due to its inherent nature: it is ubiquitous yet cannot be seen, heard, smelled, or touched—as if it were a ghost roaming around uncensored. The public is frightened of this seemingly creepy phantom they cannot detect with their senses. This unfounded fear has hampered the progress of the nuclear industry and radiation professions.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Copperwood
Session Chair:
Benjamin Martin (Y-12 Nat'l Security Complex)
Alternate Chair:
Marsha Henley
Session Organizer:
Benjamin Martin
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DOE-EM NCS Needs Program History and Current Efforts
1:00–1:20PM MST
Alexander Lang (ORNL), Douglas G. Bowen (ORNL), Robert Wilson (U.S. Dept. of Energy)
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Current Progress of the Final Design of a Subcritical Assembly at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1:20–1:40PM MST
Mathieu N. Dupont (ORNL), Alex Lang (ORNL), Doug Bowen (ORNL)
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