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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.
Meeting Spotlight
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
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Argonne’s METL gears up to test more sodium fast reactor components
Argonne National Laboratory has successfully swapped out an aging cold trap in the sodium test loop called METL (Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop), the Department of Energy announced April 23. The upgrade is the first of its kind in the United States in more than 30 years, according to the DOE, and will help test components and operations for the sodium-cooled fast reactors being developed now.
Technical Session
Monday, May 9, 2022|10:30AM–12:30PM EDT|Vanda
Session Chair:
Tabitha Dodson (DARPA)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Barry Miller (Lockheed Martin)
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Power Generation on the Moon for Future In-Situ Resource Utilization
Diana Nikitaeva (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), L. Dale Thomas (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville)
Paper
Cost Projections and Economic Analysis of Lunar Surface Electrical Power
Elliot Carol (Lunar Resources), Alex Ignatiev (Lunar Resources), Peter Curreri (Lunar Resources), Sumontro Sinha (Lunar Resources)
Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) for a Robust Commercial Lunar Ecosystem
Mathew DeMinico (NASA Glenn Research Center), James P. Mastandrea (Johns Hopkins APL), Wesley T. Fuhrman (Johns Hopkins APL)
Powering the Moon: From Artemis Technology Demonstrations to a Lunar Economy
Jeffrey Csank (NASA Glenn Research Center), George L. Thomas (NASA Glenn Research Center), Matthew Granger (NASA Glenn Research Center), Brent Gardner (NASA Glenn Research Center)
Use of a Dynamic Radioisotope Power Source for a Long Duration Lunar Science Rover
Steven Oleson (NASA Glenn Research Center), Elizabeth Turnbull (NASA Glenn Research Center), Paul Schmitz (Power Computing Solutions), Kirby Runyon (Johns Hopkins APL), Anthony Colozza (HX5), Thomas Packard (HX5), John Gyekenyesi (HX5), Brandon Klefman (NASA Glenn Research Center), Brent Faller (NASA Glenn Research Center), Natalie Weckesser (NASA Glenn Research Center), Onoufrios Theofylaktos (NASA Glenn Research Center), Christine Schmid (NASA Glenn Research Center), Christopher Heldman (NASA Glenn Research Center), James Fittje (Science Applications International Corp.), Ben Bussey (Johns Hopkins APL), Paul Ostdiek (Johns Hopkins APL), Cassandra Chang (NASA Glenn Research Center)
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