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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
International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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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Sam Altman steps down as Oklo board chair
Advanced nuclear company Oklo Inc. has new leadership for its board of directors as billionaire Sam Altman is stepping down from the position he has held since 2015. The move is meant to open new partnership opportunities with OpenAI, where Altman is CEO, and other artificial intelligence companies.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Monday, June 17, 2024|3:15–5:00PM PDT|Banyan B
Session Chair:
Assel Aitkaliyeva (University of Florida)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Fuels and Materials Irradiation Testing Needs, Recent Progress, and Future Opportunities
3:15–3:55PM PDT
Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), Richard H. Howard (ORNL), David Carpenter (MIT), Nicolas Woolstenhulme (INL)
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Perspectives to Promote the Regulatory Acceptance of Combined Neutron, Ion, and Modeled Irradiation Data for Material Degradation in Nuclear Reactors
3:55–4:15PM PDT
Stephen Taller (ORNL), Andrea Jokisaari (INL), Yiren Chen (ANL), Wei-Ying Chen (ANL), Rongjie Song (INL)
Parallel Irradiation Testing to Support Accelerated Down-Selection of Advanced Fuels
4:15–4:35PM PDT
G.L. Beausoleil II (INL), Nic Woolstenhulme (INL), L. Capriotti (INL), S. Patnaik (INL), A. Nelson (ORNL), C. Petrie (ORNL), P. Doyle (ORNL), Jason Harp (ORNL)
High Impact Fuel Irradiation Testing Strategies Through International Frameworks
4:35–4:55PM PDT
G.L. Beausoleil II (INL), D. Wachs (INL), C. Jensen (INL), D. Kamerman (INL), S. Holcombe (Lightbridge Corp.), M. Bales (Nuclear Energy Agency)
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