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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Technical Session|Sponsored by FCWMD
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|2:15–4:00PM EDT
Session Chair:
Jen Shafer (DOE)
Alternate Chair:
Christina Leggett
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Staff Producer:
Mich Leana (ANS)
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Recycling Spent Nuclear Fuel Rods using Sulfur Chloride Reagents
Craig Barnes (Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville), Breanna Vestal (Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville), Guillermo Daniel DelCul (ORNL)
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Hydrochlorination at 200°C Relevant to the Removal of Cladding from Spent Nuclear Fuel
Joanna McFarlane (ORNL), Alex D. Braatz (ORNL), Joseph F. Birdwell Jr. (ORNL), Stephanie H. Bruffey (ORNL), Guillermo D. Del Cul (ORNL), Allison T. Greaney (ORNL), Rodney D. Hunt (ORNL), Randy O. Ngelale (ORNL), Paul A. Taylor (ORNL), Trenton B. Walker (ORNL)
Application of U.S. Regulatory Requirements to the Gaseous Emissions of an Electrochemical Reprocessing Facility
Stephanie H. Bruffey (ORNL), Leigh R. Martin (ORNL), Kathryn M. Peruski (ORNL), Nick R. Soelberg (INL)
Database Approach to Discovering New Hierarchical Waste Form Materials
Matthew S. Christian (Univ. of South Carolina), Amir M. Moffrad (Univ. of South Carolina), Kristen A. Pace (Univ. of South Carolina), Vladislav V. Klepov (Univ. of South Carolina), Gregory Morrison (Univ. of South Carolina), Hans-Conrad zur Loye (Univ. of South Carolina), Theodore Besmann (Univ. of South Carolina)
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