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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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Christmas Night
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 16, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Mesquite
Session Chair:
Tejaswini Vaidya (Univ. Idaho)
Alternate Chair:
Brendan Nation (Sandia)
Session Organizer:
Brady D. Hanson
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Experimental Investigation of Aerosol Release from Spent Nuclear Fuel Fractures
1:00–1:20PM MST
Yadukrishnan Sasikumar (ORNL), Rose A. Montgomery (ORNL), Tamara J. Keever (ORNL)
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The Hanford Lead Canister Collaboration
1:20–1:40PM MST
Nicholas Klymyshyn (PNNL), Gary Cannell (Fluor Corp.), Jonathan Tatman (EPRI)
Accelerated Corrosion Testing of Cold Spray Coatings on 304L in Chloride Environments
1:40–2:00PM MST
Erin Karasz (Sandia ), Timothy D. Montoya (Sandia), Jason M. Taylor (Sandia), Kenneth A. Ross (PNNL), Rebecca F. Schaller (Sandia )
Considerations in the Drying of Spent Nuclear Fuel for Extended Storage
2:00–2:20PM MST
Robert Sindelar (SRNL), Rebecca Smith (INL), Anna d'Entremont (SRNL), Christoph Rirschl (GNS Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Service), Keith Waldrop (EPRI), Darrell Dunn (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission), Robert Einziger (Retired)
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