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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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NRC dockets construction permit for Dow, X-energy SMR
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted Dow’s construction permit application to build an X-energy small modular reactor in Seadrift, Texas.
Technical Session|Sponsored by MSTD
Wednesday, June 19, 2024|8:00–9:45AM PDT|Jasmine C
Session Chair:
Simon Pimblott (INL)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Jake R. Quincey (Oregon State)
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Raman Investigation of MoF6 Hydrolysis: A Non-Radiological Surrogate for UF6 Hydrolysis
8:00–8:20AM PDT
Brandon T. Yost (SRNL), Louis Mcnamara (SRNL), Nicholas Groden (SRNL)
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Structural Transformations in Uranothorite Under Pressure
8:20–8:40AM PDT
Shinhyo Bang (Washington State), Andrew Strzelecki (LANL), Jason L. Baker (LANL), Nicolas Dacheux (ICSM), Hongwu Xu (LANL), Xiaofeng Guo (Washington State)
Generation III 238Pu Production Target Hydraulic Characterization
8:40–9:00AM PDT
Nick Russell (ORNL), Nolan Goth (ORNL), Richard Howard (ORNL), Jim Nash (ORNL)
A Method Comparison for Releasing Trapped Radionuclides from Solid Matrices
9:00–9:20AM PDT
B.R. Hackett (PNNL), A.M. Whitehill (PNNL), E.K. Mace (PNNL)
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