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The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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Sam Altman steps down as Oklo board chair
Advanced nuclear company Oklo Inc. has new leadership for its board of directors as billionaire Sam Altman is stepping down from the position he has held since 2015. The move is meant to open new partnership opportunities with OpenAI, where Altman is CEO, and other artificial intelligence companies.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Nuclear Fuel Cycles
Tuesday, December 12, 2023|1:00–2:40PM CST|Galerie 6
Session Chair:
Michael Cooper (LANL)
Alternate Chair:
Jie Lian (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Track Organizers:
Sarah C. Finkeldei (Univ. California, Irvine)
Yong Yang (Univ. Florida)
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How Social Science Could (Re-)Shape Research and Governance of Nuclear Energy Technology: Some Recent Examples from Academia
1:00–1:40PM CST
Denia Djokic (Univ. Michigan)
Paper
Simulations of Radionuclide Uptake in Porous Nuclear Waste-Form Materials Under Continuous Flow
1:40–2:00PM CST
Zirui Mao (PNNL), Yulan Li (PNNL), Robert Montgomery (PNNL), Shenyang Hu (PNNL)
Modeling Ionic Exchange in Faujasite Zeolite for Nuclear Waste Treatment
2:00–2:20PM CST
An T. Ta (Univ. Florida), R. Seaton Ullberg (Univ. Florida), Ayoub Daouli (Univ. Lorraine), Vanessa Proust (CEA), Michael Badawi (Univ. Lorraine), Agnes Grandjean (CEA), Simon R. Phillpot (Univ. Florida)
Cerium Corrosion and Embrittlement of Refractory Metals in Chloride Salts
2:20–2:40PM CST
Elise M. Shauf (Univ. Michigan), Stephen S. Raiman (Univ. Michigan)
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