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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Project delivers a universal waste canister for advanced reactors
Nuclear waste disposal technology company Deep Isolation Nuclear has announced the completion of a three-year project to manufacture, physically test, and validate a disposal-ready universal canister system (UCS) for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste from advanced reactors.
Technical Session
Wednesday, September 28, 2022|10:00AM–12:05PM PDT|Harbor
Session Chair:
Kumar Mohindroo (ORNL)
Alternate Chair:
Lawrence Heilbronn (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
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The Sensitivity of Three Terrestrial Bacteria to a Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator
10:00–10:25AM PDT
Noel B. Nelson (ORNL), Michael B.R. Smith (ORNL), Lawrence H. Heilbronn (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Harrison L. Line (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Douglas E. Peplow (ORNL), Mathew W. Swinney (ORNL)
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The Lunar Neutron Environment Behind Regolith Shielding
10:25–10:50AM PDT
RayActive : A New CAD Based Neutron Induced Activation Analysis Methodology
10:50–11:15AM PDT
Nicolas Dray (Trad - Tests & Radiations), Eric Suraud (Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de Toulouse), Cédric Dossat (Trad - Tests & Radiations), Nathalie Chatry (Trad - Tests & Radiations)
Activation of Cooling Water at the European XFEL Beam Dumps
11:15–11:40AM PDT
Michael Schmitz (DESY), Taiee Ted Liang (DESY)
Presented by Albrecht Leuschner (DESY)
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