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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
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|8:00–9:45AM PDT|Banyan B
Session Chair:
Pierre-Clement Simon (INL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Designing Novel Metallic Fuels Systems Using Multi-Principal Element Alloys
8:00–8:40AM PDT
G.L. Beausoleil II (INL), J. Zelina (INL), T. Yao (INL), N. Woolstenhulme (INL), J. Zillenger (INL), B. Curnutt (INL), L. Hawkins (INL), A. Weiss (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
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Diffusion of Fission Product Lanthanides in HCP Zirconium via Vacancy-Mediated Transport
8:40–9:00AM PDT
Shehab Shousha (NCSU), Benjamin Beeler (NCSU), Larry Aagesen (INL), Boone Beausoleil (INL), Maria Okuniewski (Purdue Univ.)
Hydrided Zircaloy-4 Cladding Failure Criteria During Reactivity-Initiated Accidents
9:00–9:20AM PDT
Katheren R.B. Nantes (Penn State), Miaomiao Jin (Penn State), Arthur T. Motta (Penn State)
Multilayer Approach for Developing Ultra-Thin FCCI Barrier Coating
9:20–9:40AM PDT
Sumit Bhattacharya (ANL), Abdellatif M. Yacout (ANL)
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