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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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Article considers incorporation of AI into nuclear power plant operations
The potential application of artificial intelligence to the operation of nuclear power plants is explored in an article published in late December in the Washington Examiner. The article, written by energy and environment reporter Callie Patteson, presents the views of a number of experts, including Yavuz Arik, a strategic energy consultant.
N. Kumar, R. K. Sharma, V. R. Ganatra, S. K. Mukerjee, V. N. Vaidya, D. D. Sood
Nuclear Technology | Volume 96 | Number 2 | November 1991 | Pages 169-177
Technical Paper | Nuclear Fuel Cycle | doi.org/10.13182/NT91-A34602
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An internal gelation process has been studied for the preparation of thoria microspheres. The gelation behavior of an acid-deficient thorium nitrate solution (NO3/Th4+ = 3.0) with hexamethylenetetramine and urea has been investigated to define a gelation field diagram that could be used to select compositions suitable for microsphere preparation. Thoria microspheres have been successfully prepared using many different compositions. The process has also been used to prepare (Th,U)O2 microspheres containing 5 and 10 mol% uranium.
