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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.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Thursday, November 17, 2022|10:00–11:45AM MST|Kaibab
Session Chair:
Tito Bonano (NAC Int.)
Session Organizer:
Brady D. Hanson
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A Social Science Research Plan for the Initial Phases of Consent-Based Siting
10:00–10:20AM MST
Sharlissa Moore (PNNL), Geoff Whittle-Walls (PNNL), Ellen Kennedy (PNNL), Ennea Fairchild-Grant (PNNL)
Paper
Overview of System Integration Analysis Activities for Integrated Waste Management
10:20–10:40AM MST
R.A. Joseph III (INL), G.M. Petersen (INL), K. Banerjee (PNNL), B. Craig (ANL)
Current Progress on the Development of the Integrated Waste Management Consent Based Siting Process in the U.S.
10:40–11:00AM MST
J. Uribe (U. S. Dept. of Energy), N. Saraeva (PNNL), R. Kreuzer (PNNL), K. Petry (U.S. Dept. of Energy), E. Bickford (U.S. Dept. of Energy), A. Trunzo (U.S. Dept. of Energy), R. Howard (PNNL)
Consent-Based Siting of Spent Fuel Facilities: Evidence From Nationwide US Surveys
11:00–11:20AM MST
Kuhika Gupta (Univ. Oklahoma), Ross Buchanan (Univ. Oklahoma), Hank Jenkins-Smith (Univ. Oklahoma)
Influence of Mineral Alteration Intensity of Hiltaba Granite and its Vertical Distribution on Physicochemical Containment for Borehole Disposal of Intermediate Level Waste in Australia
11:20–11:40AM MST
Lionel Esteban (CSIRO), David N. Dewhurst (CSIRO), Seyi Philemon Akanji (CSIRO), Joel Sarout (CSIRO), Matthew Josh (CSIRO), Cornelia Wilske (CSIRO), Punjehl Crane (CSIRO), Ausama Giwelli (CSIRO), Dirk Mallants (CSIRO)
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