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Division Spotlight
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.
Meeting Spotlight
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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New Swedish test facility paves the way for first SMR
An official groundbreaking on Monday for Swedish nuclear company Blykalla’s advanced reactor testing site marked a pivotal step in putting decades of research into action.
Cameron R. Bates (LLNL, Univ of California-Berkeley), Elliott Biondo (Univ of Wisconsin-Madison), Kathryn Huff (Univ of California-Berkeley), Kalin Kiesling, Anthony Scopatz, Robert Carlsen, Andrew Davis, Matthew Gidden, Tim Haines (Univ of Wisconsin-Madison), Joshua Howland, Blake Huff (Univ of California-Berkeley), Kevin Manalo (Georgia Tech), Arielle Opotowsky (Univ of Wisconsin-Madison), Rachel Slaybaugh (Univ of California-Berkeley), Eric Relson (Univ of Wisconsin-Madison), Paul Romano (MIT), Patrick Shriwise (Univ of Wisconsin-Madison), John D. Xia (Univ of Chicago), Paul Wilson, Julie Zachman (Univ of Wisconsin-Madison)
Transactions | Volume 111 | Number 1 | November 2014 | Pages 1165-1168