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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
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 issues Palisades’ draft environmental review, seeks public comment
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is asking for public comments until March 3 on its environmental assessment (EA) and draft finding of no significant impact at Michigan’s Palisades nuclear power plant, where Holtec hopes to restart operations by the end of 2025.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Thursday, November 17, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Lantana
Session Chair:
David Fukuyama (Sandia)
Alternate Chair:
Tara LaForce (Sandia)
Session Organizer:
Emily R. Stein
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Machine Learning Surrogate Process Models for Efficient Performance Assessment of a Nuclear Waste Repository
1:00–1:20PM MST
Bert J. Debusschere (Sandia), D. Thomas Seidl (Sandia), Timothy M. Berg (Sandia), Kyung Won Chang (Sandia), Rosemary C. Leone (Sandia), Laura P. Swiler (Sandia), Paul E. Mariner (Sandia)
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Studying the Bentonite Buffer for HLW Geological Disposal: Large Scale Field Tests and the Corresponding Modeling
1:20–1:40PM MST
Liange Zheng (LBNL), Sangcheol Yoon (LBNL), Jonny Rutqvist (LBNL), Jens Birkholzer (LBNL)
Experimental Study of Bentonite Buffer for Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste
1:40–2:00PM MST
Chun Chang (LBNL), Sharon Borglin (LBNL), Chunwei Chou (LBNL), LianGe Zheng (LBNL), Yuxin Wu (LBNL), Timothy J. Kneafsey (LBNL), Seiji Nakagawa (LBNL), Jens T. Birkholzer (LBNL)
Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Modeling for a High Temperature Heating and Hydration Column Experiment
2:00–2:20PM MST
Sangcheol Yoon (LBNL), Sharon Borglin (LBNL), Chun Chang (LBNL), Chunwei Chou (LBNL), Liange Zheng (LBNL), Yuxin Wu (LBNL)
1-D Multiphase Simulation of Bentonite Saturation Using PFLOTRAN: Preliminary Results
2:20–2:40PM MST
Carlos F. Jové Colón (Sandia), Carlos M. Lopez (Sandia), Kristopher L. Kuhlman (Sandia)
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