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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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ARPA-E announces $40 million to develop transmutation technologies for UNF
The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) announced $40 million in funding to develop cutting-edge technologies to enable the transmutation of used nuclear fuel into less-radioactive substances. According to ARPA-E, the new initiative addresses one of the agency’s core goals as outlined by Congress: to provide transformative solutions to improve the management, cleanup, and disposal of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.
Technical Session|Sponsored by IRD
Tuesday, November 14, 2023|1:00–2:45PM EST|Jefferson East
Session Chair:
Kenan Unlu
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Peter Norgard
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Development of Second-Generation Short-Lived Radioisotope Separator Isotope Source
1:00–1:20PM EST
Peter Norgard (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor), Brad Jeffries (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor), John Gahl (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor), Barry Higgins (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor)
Paper
Charged-Particle Optical Element Modeling for a High Performance EMIS Beamline
1:20–1:40PM EST
Peter Norgard (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor), Barry Higgins (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor), Brad Jeffries (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor), John Gahl (Univ. Missouri Research Reactor)
Optimization of Irradiation Timing for Isotope Production with Unintended Contamination
1:40–2:00PM EST
The Design of High-Temperature Molten Salt Irradiation Test Apparatus
2:00–2:20PM EST
Mahmoud Eltawila (Penn State), Erik Hisahara (Penn State), Berke Yesilada (Penn State), William Walters (Penn State), Amanda Johnsen (Penn State), Saya Lee (Penn State)
Third Generation Mesitylene Based Cold Neutron Source Development at Penn State Breazeale Reactor (PSBR)
2:20–2:40PM EST
Kenan Unlu (Penn State), Daniel Beck (Penn State)
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