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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.
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2025 ANS Annual Conference
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Chicago, IL|Chicago Marriott Downtown
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Nuclear fuel cycle reimagined: Powering the next frontiers from nuclear waste
In the fall of 2023, a small Zeno Power team accomplished a major feat: they demonstrated the first strontium-90 heat source in decades—and the first-ever by a commercial company.
Zeno Power worked with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to fabricate and validate this Z1 heat source design at the lab’s Radiochemical Processing Laboratory. The Z1 demonstration heralded renewed interest in developing radioisotope power system (RPS) technology. In early 2025, the heat source was disassembled, and the Sr-90 was returned to the U.S. Department of Energy for continued use.
2023 CONTE Virtual Meeting Plenary Session Speaker
Mr. Gambone is the executive director for the National Academy for Nuclear Training, an organization that embodies the US commercial nuclear industry’s commitment to training and professionalism. Mr. Gambone also serves as the senior vice president of Teaching and Learning for the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) in Atlanta, Georgia.
INPO, sponsored by the commercial nuclear industry, is an independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the highest levels of safety and reliability - to promote excellence - in the operation of nuclear electric generating plants.
Mr. Gambone is responsible for industry training and proficiency, including accreditation assistance and support. He is also responsible for INPO delivered leadership courses and seminars and NANTeL e-learning courses for the commercial nuclear power industry and its supplier.
Mr. Gambone joined INPO in October 2001. He was elected vice president of Plant Operations in 2009 and served as the vice president of Industry Trends and Organizational Learning and vice president of Corporate Performance. He has also served as deputy director of Plant Evaluations, manager of Operations, and team manager.
From July 2016–March 2018, Mr. Gambone participated in an on-loan assignment at Tennessee Valley Authority, where he served as the vice president of Operations Support.
Before joining INPO, Mr. Gambone held several Engineering and Operations management positions, including serving as the Operations manager at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station. He was also a senior manager at Limerick Generating Station and Hope Creek Generating Station.
Mr. Gambone received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Pennsylvania State University and a master's degree in business administration from Georgia State University. He also received a BWR senior reactor operator license at Peach Bottom.
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