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2025 ANS Annual Conference
June 15–18, 2025
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.
Technical Session
Monday, September 26, 2022|3:45–5:50PM PDT|Grand Pacific D
Session Chair:
Tanja Goričanec (Jožef Stefan Institute)
Alternate Chair:
Pedro Vaz (Tecnico Lisboa)
Session Organizer:
Thomas M. Miller (ORNL)
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Study on Effects of Pressurizer Cutting Scenario of Pressurizer in Pressurized Water Reactor
3:45–4:10PM PDT
Hak Yun Lee (Chosun Univ.), Min Ho Lee (Chosun Univ.), Sun il Kim (Chosun Univ.), Jong Soon Song (Chosun Univ.)
Paper
Dosimetry for Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants
4:10–4:35PM PDT
Reuven Rachamin (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), Joerg Konheiser (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), Astrid Barkleit (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), Marcus Seidl (PreussenElektra)
Assessment of Waste Form Acceptance Criteria for Phosphate-Based Geopolymer Waste Form to Immobilize Radioactive Borate Waste
4:35–5:00PM PDT
Byoungkwan Kim (Pohang Univ. Science and Technology), Jaehyuk Kang (Pohang Univ. Science and Technology), Younglim Shin (Pohang Univ. Science and Technology), Wooyong Um (Pohang Univ. Science and Technology)
Study of Activation in Fuel Assemblies for Decommissioning Tasks Optimization
5:00–5:25PM PDT
E. Jabaloyas (Univ. Politècnica de València), J. Ródenas (Univ. Politècnica de València), A. Querol (Florida Univ.), G. Verdu (Univ. Politècnica de València)
Decommissioning of Steam Reformers -- From Radiological Characterization to a Decommissioning Concept
5:25–5:50PM PDT
Luc Schlömer (WTI), Henning Keller (WTI), Sven Tittelbach (WTI)
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