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Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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Bulletin article argues for more certainty in advanced reactor waste management
A recent Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists article cautions that uncertainty regarding the management of wastes generated by small and advanced reactors could drive up costs, making them uncompetitive with existing light water reactor technology.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NCSD
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|3:15–5:00PM MST|Desert Willow
Session Chair:
Larry Wetzel (BWX Technologies)
Alternate Chair:
William M. Cook
Session Organizer:
Benjamin Martin
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Calculated Critical Concentrations of Uranium and Plutonium in Advanced Solvents
3:15–3:35PM MST
Andrew Taylor (NCSU), Tracy Stover (Savannah River Nuclear Solutions)
Paper
Comparison of FISPACT-II Predicted and Measured Values of Activation Foils in a Godiva IV Burst
3:35–3:55PM MST
Nicholas H. Whitman (LANL), Joetta M. Goda (LANL), Theresa E. Cutler (LANL), Jesson D. Hutchinson (LANL), Robert A. Weldon Jr. (LANL), Matthew E. Gooden (LANL), Rene G. Sanchez (LANL)
Generalized Bayesian Framework for Evaluation of Integral Benchmark Experiments
3:55–4:15PM MST
Jesse M. Brown (ORNL), Goran Arbanas (ORNL), Hany Abdel-Khalik (Purdue), Ugur Mertyurek (ORNL), William B. Marshall (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
An Analysis of Pebble Bed Spent Fuel Cask Criticality and Safety
4:15–4:35PM MST
Jonathan F. Wing (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), G. Ivan Maldonado (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
Criticality Analysis of Fuel Debris Falling in Water Considering Water Surface Oscillation
4:35–4:55PM MST
Toru Obara (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Taro Fumimoto (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Takeshi Muramoto (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Jun Nishiyama (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
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